Homeless Lives in American Cities: Interrogating Myth and Locating Community

Webb, P.

Homeless Lives in American Cities explores how the American discourse on homelessness arose from Victorian social and political anxieties about the impacts of immigration and urbanization on the middle class family. It demonstrates how contemporary social work and policy emerge from Victorian cultural attitudes.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-08-07

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349476893

DOI: 10.1057/9781137405647

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 278