| Description |
xxv, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Rise of hobohemia, 1870-1920 -- 1. Great army of tramps -- Making of America's tramp army ; Tasting of the fountain of indolence ; Origin myths of tramping -- 2. Other side of the road -- Broken home circle; From patriarch to pariah ; From the fraternity of haut beaus -- 3. Hallelujah, I'm a bum! -- Opening of the wageworkers' frontier ; Main stem ; (White) man's country ; Hobosexuality -- II. Hobohemia and homelessness in the early twentieth century -- 4. Politics of hobohemia -- Organizing the main stem ; Song of the jungles -- 5. Civilization without homes -- Reforming the main stem ; Hotel spirit ; Comic tramp -- III. Resettling the hobo army, 1920-1980 -- 6. Decline and fall of hobohemia -- Closing of the wageworker's frontier ; Contesting hobohemia -- 7. Forgotten men -- New Deal for the American homeless ; Folklores of homelessness -- 8. Coming home -- Decline and fall of skid row ; Dharma bums and easy riders -- IV. Enduring legacy : homelessness and American culture since 1980 -- 9. Rediscovering homelessness -- New homeless ; Romancing the road, surviving the streets. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Tramps -- United States -- History.
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Homelessness -- United States -- History.
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Marginality, Social -- United States -- History.
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Subculture -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
0226143783 alkaline paper |
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0226143791 paperback alkaline paper |
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