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Overview
This book presents an unflinching 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.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Reader’s Guide to Documents and Sidebars.
Introduction.
1: Prologue: Vagabonds in England.
2: Words and Numbers.
3: Words.
4: Numbers.
5: Hoboes, Tramps, and Bums, 1790–1930.
6: Ben Reitman Defines Hobo, Tramp, and Bum.
7: Jack London Explains “The Rods”.
8: Train Jumping.
9: A Migrant Farm Worker.
10: The Extent of the Problem, 1890–1925.
11: Country Lodgings.
12: The Stem, or Main Stem.
13: The Hobo Jungle.
14: “Tramp-Speak” and the Hobo Subculture.
15: Hobo Songs.
16: Hobo Politics.
17: The Hobo College.
18: Hobohemia Disappears.
19: Migrants and Transients, 1930–1960.
20: On the Farm.
21: In the City.
22: Bonus Army.
23: FERA and FTP.
24: Bum Brigade.
25: Squatters.
26: Weedpatch Camp.
27: Hooverville.
28: Picking Grapes in Lodi.
29: Arts and Culture.
30: Liquidating the Federal Transient Program.
31: Street People, Bag Ladies, and Homeless People.
