"A roof over my head" :: homeless women and the shelter industry /

"Based upon extensive ethnographic data that examines lives of homeless women who care for children and live in small shelters and transitional living centers. This ground-breaking study unveils the centrality of abuse and poverty in homeless women's lives and outlines societal responses t...

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Main Author: Williams, Jean Calterone, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 2016.
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Based upon extensive ethnographic data that examines lives of homeless women who care for children and live in small shelters and transitional living centers. This ground-breaking study unveils the centrality of abuse and poverty in homeless women's lives and outlines societal responses that should be more effective"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (viewed 18 November 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (243 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
ISBN:9781607326151
1607326159

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