Homelessness in America, 1893-1992: An Annotated Bibliography

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This definitive bibliography on homelessness in America from 1893 to the present is the only one that is currently available on the subject. This useful research tool points to 1703 sources in books, articles, and dissertations and provides descriptive annotations for 717 entries. The materials are organized under 11 subject areas: early research, mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, single homeless, health and health care, families and children, legal issues, social and historical perspectives, special populations, programs and services, and housing. Author and subject indexes makes the guide easily accessible for inter-disciplinary use in the fields of sociology, social work, history, phychology, and political science.

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.,."will be helpful in answering questions and directing customers to further research on this continuing national problem. Homelssness in America will be useful in public and academic libraries."-Reference Book Bulletin
...will be helpful in answering questions and directing customers to further research on this continuing national problem. Homelssness in America will be useful in public and academic libraries.-Reference Book Bulletin
..."will be helpful in answering questions and directing customers to further research on this continuing national problem. Homelssness in America will be useful in public and academic libraries."-Reference Book Bulletin

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ROD VAN WHITLOCK is a community psychologist in private practice. He is a co-compiler with Bernard Lubin of Family Therapy: A Bibliography, 1937-1986 (Greenwood Press, 1988). BERNARD LUBIN, Curators' Professor, University of Missouri at Kansas City, is the author of Psychosocial Aspects of Disaster (1989), Comprehensive Index to Writings in Group Psychotherapy (1988) and Ecological Approaches to Clincial and Community Psychology (1984), among other books and articles dealing with clinical and community psychology. JEAN R. SAILORS is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.