Richard Schweid 
Invisible Nation [EPUB ebook] 
Homeless Families in America

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‘By the second or third day that you’re homeless, in the car with all your clothes, your pots and pans, everything, having to wash yourself in a public rest room, you logically start to feel dirty. You prefer to use the drive-through [at fast-food restaurants] where no one will see you. You begin to hide your family.’—
Invisible Nation
    


More than 2.5 million children are homeless in the United States every year. In every state, children are living packed in with relatives, or in cars, or motel rooms, or emergency shelters, the only constant being too many people in too little space. In a vividly-written narrative, experienced journalist Richard Schweid takes us on a spirited journey through this ‘invisible nation, ‘ giving us front-row dispatches. Based on in-depth reporting from five major cities,  Invisible Nation looks backward at the historical context of family homelessness, as well as forward at what needs to be done to alleviate this widespread, although often hidden, poverty. Invisible Nation is a riveting must-read for anyone who wants to know what is happening to the millions of families living at the bottom of the economy. 

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Cuprins

Introduction: The Family Room
1. Nashville, Tennessee: Off the Charts in Music City
2. Boston, Massachusetts: Falling by the Wayside
3. Fairfax, Virginia: Beltway Blues
4. Portland, Oregon: The Modern Almshouse
5. Trenton, New Jersey: Rapid Rehousing
Conclusion: Turning It Around
Notes
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index

Despre autor

Richard Schweid is a journalist and documentary reporter. He is the author of nine nonfiction books, including Che’s Chevrolet,  Fidel’s Oldsmobile: On the Road in Cuba,  Hot Peppers: The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum,  Consider the Eel: A Natural and Gastronomic History, and The Cockroach Papers: A Compendium of History and Lore. He has also produced or reported more than two dozen documentaries for Catalonian public television, including the Oscar-nominated Balseros. 

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 240 ● ISBN 9780520966093 ● Mărime fișier 1.0 MB ● Editura University of California Press ● Publicat 2016 ● Ediție 1 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 5512270 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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