Down on Their Luck
Book description
David Snow and Leon Anderson show us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. Through hundreds of hours of interviews, participant observation, and random tracking of homeless people through social service agencies in Austin, Texas, Snow and Anderson reveal who the homeless…
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1 author picked Down on Their Luck as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is an engrossing, powerful study of people who were living on the streets in Austin, Texas in the mid-1980s.
It is based on over 100 hours of interviews with tens of such people, but zeroes in on about 20 of them. Their stories are heart-wrenching and moving and really build sympathy for their situations. But it also demonstrates the resilience and courage they display.
It taught me a great deal about why these people really want to work and try to work, but about all the obstacles in their way.
From Dorothy's list on poverty and social welfare in the US and China.
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