"Schwarze." . . "Illegalität." . . "Sans-abri Californie (États-Unis) San Francisco (Calif.)." . . "Lebensbedingungen." . . "Vie quotidienne." . . "Homeless men" . . "Homeless persons California San Francisco." . . "Feldforschung." . . "Obdachlosigkeit." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Poverty & Homelessness." . . "Homeless persons" . . "Vagabonds Californie (États-Unis) San Francisco (Calif.)." . . "Biographische Methode." . . "Armut." . . "USA." . . "Lebensqualität." . . . . . "Hobos, hustlers, and backsliders : homeless in San Francisco" . . . "Hobos, hustlers and backsliders : homeless in San Francisco" . . "Hobos, hustlers, and backsliders homeless in San Francisco"@en . . "Hobos, hustlers, and backsliders homeless in San Francisco" . . . . . . "When homelessness reemerged in American cities during the 1980s at levels not seen since the Great Depression, it initially provoked shock and outrage. Within a few years, however, what had been perceived as a national crisis came to be seen as a nuisance, with early sympathies for the plight of the homeless giving way to compassion fatigue and then condemnation. Debates around the problem of homelessness--often set in terms of sin, sickness, and the failure of the social system--have come to profoundly shape how homeless people survive and make sense of their plights. In Hobos, Hustlers, and Ba."@en . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Gowan shows some of the diverse ways that men on the street in San Francisco struggle for survival, autonomy, and self-respect. Living for weeks at a time among homeless men--working side-by-side with them as they collected cans, bottles, and scrap metal; helping them set up camp; watching and listening as they panhandled and hawked newspapers; and accompanying them into soup kitchens, jails, welfare offices, and shelters--Gowan immersed herself in their routines, their personal stories, and their perspectives on life on the streets. She observes a wide range of survival techniques, from the illicit to the industrious, from drug dealing to dumpster diving. She also discovered that prevailing discussions about homelessness and its causes--homelessness as pathology, homelessness as moral failure, and homelessness as systemic failure--powerfully affect how homeless people see themselves and their ability to change their situation." . . . . . . . . . . . "Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders. ; Homeless in San Francisco" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Aspect ethnologique." . . "Kriminalität." . . "Homeless men California San Francisco." . . "Services aux sans-abri." . . "Sans-abri." . . . . "Schattenwirtschaft." . . "Stadtforschung." . . "San Francisco (Calif.)" . . "San Francisco, Calif." . "Electronic books." . . "Slum." . . "Homelessness" . . "Homelessness California San Francisco." . . "California" . . "Itinérance." . .