Book cover for CHECKERBOARD SQUARE: Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Community by David Wagner

CHECKERBOARD SQUARE

Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Community

2021 Released
484 Pages
5-6 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
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Gotham BooksISBN 9781956349054

A sociological/anthropological examination of the homeless community of "North City" which won the C. Wright Mills award of 1994. Examines the life of homeless and ex homeless people in relation to family, workplace, and government as well as interactions in the community itself and subgroups within it.

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