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Author Wagner, David.

Title Checkerboard Square : culture and resistance in a homeless community / David Wagner.

Publication Info. Boulder : Westview Press, 1993.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.5 W132C    Check Shelf
Description xii, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194) and index.
Contents Beyond the conventional wisdom on the homeless -- Voices from Checkerboard Square -- The family: no haven -- "Get ajob": the limits of the work ethic -- Institutions of control: social welfare as contested terrain -- Alternative institutions and movements among street people -- Subcultures and patterns of association among street people -- Checkerboard Square and a radical critique of homelessness.
Subject Homeless persons -- United States -- Case studies.
Homeless persons -- Services for -- United States -- Case studies.
Homeless persons -- United States -- Attitudes -- Case studies.
ISBN 0813315859 alkaline paper
0813315867 paperback
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