Down on Their Luck

A Study of Homeless Street People

By: David A. Snow, Leon Anderson

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Paperback | 12 February 1993 | Edition Number 1

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David Snow and Leon Anderson show us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. Through hundreds of hours of interviews, participant observation, and random tracking of homeless people through social service agencies in Austin, Texas. Snow and Anderson reveal who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. Debunking current stereotypes of the homeless. Down on Their Luck sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic. Their survival is a tale of human resilience and determination, not one of frailty and disability.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Poverty & Unemployment Housing & Homelessness Social Groups Urban Communities Politics & Government Sociology & Anthropology

Preface
Introduction
Studying the Homeless	p. 3
A Grounded Typology of Homeless Street People	p. 36
Life on the Streets: Daily Routines and Survival Strategies
The Subculture of Street Life	p. 73
Wage Labor and Institutionalized Assistance	p. 110
Shadow Work	p. 145
Tenuous Ties	p. 171
Salvaging the Self	p. 198
Dynamics of Homelessness
Pathways to the Street	p. 233
Homeless Careers	p. 272
Epilogue	p. 303
Notes	p. 317
References	p. 361
Index	p. 381
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