Isbn: 9780887063114 - the homeless transient in the great depression: new york state, 1929-1941 (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine with no dust jacket. 319 pages. ".investigates this population and the problems they faced in an America caught between a poor law past and a social welfare future."; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ".

Hardcover. Condición: COLLECTIBLE - NEW. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None (As Issued?). First Edition, First Pinting. BRAND NEW & Collectible.1986 First Edition, 1st Printing. DJ/None (as Issued?) An in depth study of the transient & homeless in New York State during the Depression era. The 11 chapters are: I, Precedents from the Past; II, New York State on the Eve of the Depression; III, IV, & V, Immediate Impact of the Depression - State Reaction, Local Reaction, and the Transients' Perspective; VI, VII, & VIII, The Federal Transient Program, IX, Liquidation; X, 'On Every Town's Doorstep'; and, XI, Knocking at Washington's Door --- In lands of abundance and opportunity 'the man on the move' is often a super national hero much admired. But in times of economic depression, the same wanderers become surplus people representing economic threat to be guarded against, and in addition, are targets of resentment as their very idle existence is demanding of community services.…

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