Something Left to Lose: Personal Relations and Survival Among New York's Homeless

By Gwendolyn Dordick

Homelessness is discussed in terms of its origins or in terms of its amelioration. Media focuses on poverty, drug use, lack of shelter, the social safety net, or attempts by the homeless, social service agencies, and government to end homelessness by policy and action. This book presents a portrait of the social and personal lives of the homeless.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566395135
• ISBN13: 9781566395137
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"