03078nam 2200613 450 991078787880332120200520144314.00-85745-696-210.1515/9780857456960(CKB)2670000000530177(EBL)1118847(MiAaPQ)EBC1118847(DE-B1597)636282(DE-B1597)9780857456960(Au-PeEL)EBL1118847(CaPaEBR)ebr10846082(CaONFJC)MIL600268(OCoLC)871856274(EXLCZ)99267000000053017720140325h20102010 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhere have all the homeless gone? the making and unmaking of a crisis /Anthony MarcusNew York :Berghahn Books,[2010]20101 online resource (176 p.)Dislocations ;volume 1Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-101-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Who Are the Homeless, Really?; Chapter 2 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Performance of Homelessness; Chapter 3 - New York City and the Historiography of Homelessness; Chapter 4 - The Poverty of Poverty Studies; Chapter 5 - Shelterization: In the Land of the Homeless; Chapter 6 - Doin' It in the System; Chapter 7 - The Black Family and Homelessness; Chapter 8 - Housing Panic and Urban Physiocrats; Chapter 9 - American Thatcherism: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis; Bibliography; IndexFor a decade, from 1983 to 1993, homelessness was a major concern in the United States. In 1994, this public concern suddenly disappeared, without any significant reduction in the number of people without proper housing. By examining the making and unmaking of a homeless crisis, this book explores how public understandings of what constitutes a social crisis are shaped. Drawing on five years of ethnographic research in New York City with African Americans and Latinos living in poverty, Where Have All the Homeless Gone? reveals that the homeless "crisis" was driven as much by politicalDislocations ;volume 1.Homeless personsNew York (State)New YorkHomeless personsGovernment policyNew York (State)New YorkHousing policyNew York (State)New YorkNew York (N.Y.)Race relationsNew York (N.Y.)Politics and governmentNew York (N.Y.)Economic policyHomeless personsHomeless personsGovernment policyHousing policy362.5097471Marcus Anthony1573277MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787878803321Where have all the homeless gone3848946UNINA