Homeless in Paradise: A Map of the Terrain

by Robert Rosenthal

Paradise is Santa Barbara, California, where in the early 1980s the beautiful, affluent city faced the problem of what to do with all the "street people." Rob Rosenthal worked with the Homeless People's Project in Santa Barbara and has documented his experiences with forty-four oral histories and numerous interviews.His portraits challenge the traditional view of the homeless as "slackers," hopeless victims, and loners. Instead, he portrays active...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156639130X
• ISBN13: 9781566391306
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"