No Fixed Abode: A History of Responses to the Roofless and the Rootless in Britain (1999)

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Synopsis
Homelessness is now a much greater problem than twenty years ago. In Britain today around half-a-million homeless people form a regrettable permanent 'underclass'. This book spells out their similarities with the spurned vagrant of bygone days. It traces how for centuries emergent laws have combated alleged threats from unruly vagrants while largely ignoring causal factors like economic fluctuation, bad harvests, disease and war. It is argued that only educational and social reform will alleviate the homeless plight.
Copyright:
1999

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780230510869
Related ISBNs:
9780333738467
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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