Checkerboard Square : culture and resistance in a homeless community /
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| Author / Creator: | Wagner, David |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1993. |
| Description: | xii,200p. ; 24cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1511118 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Beyond the Conventional Wisdom on the Homeless
- 2. Voices from Checkerboard Square
- Part 1. Homelessness and the Culture of Resistance
- 3. The Family: No Haven
- Notes
- 4. "Get a Job": The Limits of the Work Ethic
- 5. Institutions of Control: Social Welfare as Contested Terrain
- Part 2. The Social Organization of the Streets
- Notes
- 6. Alternative Institutions and Movements Among Street People
- 7. Subcultures and Patterns of Association Among Street People
- 8. Checkerboard Square and a Radical Critique of Homelessness
- Bibliography
- About the Book and Author
- Index