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Beside the golden door : policy, politics, and the homeless
Title:
Beside the golden door : policy, politics, and the homeless
Author:
Wright, James D.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Aldine de Gruyter, [1998]

©1998
Physical Description:
xix, 238 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
The homeless : what are the issues? what are the controversies? -- Counting the homeless -- Why the homeless can't be counted -- Poverty, housing, and homelessness -- Families and family estrangement -- Mental illness and substance abuse -- Why alcohol and drug treatment is not the solution -- Health and health status -- Outside American cities : rural and European homelessness -- Street children in North and Latin America -- Homelessness in the twenty-first century.
Reading Level:
1420 Lexile.
ISBN:
9780202306131

9780202306148
Format :
Book