Down and Out in America: The Origins of Homelessness

Front Cover
University of Chicago Press, Feb 26, 1991 - Political Science - 247 pages
The most accurate and comprehensive picture of homelessness to date, this study offers a powerful explanation of its causes, proposes short- and long-term solutions, and documents the striking contrasts between the homeless of the 1950s and 1960s and the contemporary homeless population, which is younger and contains more women, children, and blacks.

Other editions - View all

About the author (1991)

Peter H. Rossi is Stuart A. Rice Professor of Sociology and Director of the Social and Demographic Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Bibliographic information