pt. 1. Words and numbers -- pt. 2. Hoboes, tramps, and bums, 1790-1930 -- pt. 3. Migrants and transients, 1930-1960 -- pt. 4. Street people, bag ladies, and homeless people
Summary
This book presents an investigation of homelessness in the United States, a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago