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Author Kozol, Jonathan.

Title Rachel and her children : homeless families in America / Jonathan Kozol.

Imprint New York : Crown Publishers, 1988.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Reitz  362.5 K849r, 1988    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st ed.
Description ix, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 249-252.
Contents Ordinary people -- Overview : a captive state -- pt. 1. Christmas at the Martinique Hotel -- 1. A mood or resignation -- 2. Grieving for a lost home -- 3. Three generations -- 4. Rachel and her children -- 5. The big street -- pt. 2. Failure to thrive -- 1. Concealment -- 2. Stereotypes -- 3. The penalties of failure -- 4. The road to Potter's Field -- 5. Distancing ourselves from pain and tears -- 6. About prayer -- pt. 3. The natural results -- 1. Seasonal concerns -- 2. The long march -- 3. Untouchables -- 4. One childhood : no second chance -- Epilogue : economies of scale.
Note Includes index.
Summary Tells the stories of homeless Americans and their struggle for survival. Examines the lack of affordable housing, the conditions of "temporary" housing funded by city governments, and the crimes that men, women, and children resort to in order to eat or survive.
Note 35902004207433 c.1 Special Collec. Reitz. Gift of Charles Reitz.
Subject Homeless persons -- United States.
Poor -- United States.
ISBN 051756730X : $16.95
9780517567302

 
    
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