Citizen hobo : how a century of homelessness shaped America
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- ISBN: 0226143783 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780226143781 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0226143791 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780226143798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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xxv, 325 p. : ill ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1: Rise of hobohemia, 1870-1920. "The great army of tramps": The making of America's tramp army ; Tasting of the "Fountain of Indolence" ; Origin myths of tramping -- The other side of the road: "The broken home circle" ; From patriarch to pariah ; "From the fraternity of haut beaus" -- "Hallelujah, I'm a bum!": The opening of the wageworkers' frontier ; The main stem ; "(White) man's country" ; Hobosexuality -- pt. 2. Hobohemia and homelessness in the early twentieth century. The politics of hobohemia: Organizing the main stem ; "The song of the jungles" -- "A civilization without homes": Reforming the main stem ; "The hotel spirit" ; The comic tramp -- pt. 3. Resettling the hobo army, 1920-1980. The decline and fall of hobohemia: The closing of the wageworker's frontier ; Contesting hobohemia -- Forgotten men: A New Deal for the American homeless ; Folklores of homelessness -- Coming home: The decline and fall of skid row ; Dharma bums and easy riders -- pt. 4. The enduring legacy : homelessness and American culture since 1980. Rediscovering homelessness: The new homeless ; Romancing the road, surviving the streets. |
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