Borchard Kurt Borchard

Homeless in Las Vegas (eBook, ePUB)

Stories from the Street

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The homeless men and women represented in this book speak candidly about their plight, its origins, and the many obstacles to escaping it. They discuss the unique challenges and opportunities that Las Vegas's focus on tourism, indulgence, and diversion offers its homeless residents. This compelling and emotionally charged ethnography counters many of the stereotypes of homeless men and women, revealing the remarkable diversity of their circumstances. It also offers their perspectives on social services and civic attitudes toward homelessness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780874178395
• Artikelnr.: 72301229

Autorenporträt

Kurt Borchard is a professor in the Department of Sociology, Geography, and Earth Science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He has worked as the director of a program for homeless men in Fairbanks, Alaska, and he continues to research homelessness in Las Vegas.