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Invisible Nation: Homeless Families in America

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Availability:In StockContributor:Richard SchweidPublish date:2016-10-25Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520292673ISBN-10:520292677UPC:9780520292673Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Poverty & Homelessness, SociologyBook Topic:Marriage & Family, UrbanSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCCC51Z78Y
"By the second or third day that you're homeless, in the car with all your clothes, your pots and pans, everything, having to wash yourself in a public rest room, you logically start to feel dirty. You prefer to use the drive-through [at fast-food restaurants] where no one will see you. You begin to hide your family."--Invisible Nation

More than 2.5 million children are homeless in the United States every year. In every state, children are living packed in with relatives, or in cars, or motel rooms, or emergency shelters, the only constant being too many people in too little space. In a vividly-written narrative, experienced journalist Richard Schweid takes us on a spirited journey through this "invisible nation," giving us front-row dispatches. Based on in-depth reporting from five major cities, Invisible Nation looks backward at the historical context of family homelessness, as well as forward at what needs to be done to alleviate this widespread, although often hidden, poverty. Invisible Nation is a riveting must-read for anyone who wants to know what is happening to the millions of families living at the bottom of the economy.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520292673ISBN-10:520292677UPC:9780520292673Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Poverty & Homelessness, SociologyBook Topic:Marriage & Family, UrbanSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCCC51Z78Y
Richard Schweid is a journalist and documentary reporter. He is the author of nine nonfiction books, including Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile: On the Road in Cuba, Hot Peppers: The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum, Consider the Eel: A Natural and Gastronomic History, and The Cockroach Papers: A Compendium of History and Lore. He has also produced or reported more than two dozen documentaries for Catalonian public television, including the Oscar-nominated Balseros.
Publisher: University of California Press

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