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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City

Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City

Ensign, Josephine

Hardcover

Medical ReferencePoverty & Social Work

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ISBN10: 142144013X
ISBN13: 9781421440132
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Aug 3 2021
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.29
Language: English

A compelling look at the historical roots of poverty and homelessness, the worthy and unworthy poor, and the role of charity health care and public policy in the United States.

Home to over 730,000 people, with close to four million people living in the metropolitan area, Seattle has the third-highest homeless population in the United States. In 2018, an estimated 8,600 homeless people lived in the city, a figure that does not include the significant number of hidden homeless people doubled up with friends or living in and out of cheap hotels. In Skid Road, Josephine Ensign digs through layers of Seattle history--past its leaders and prominent citizens, respectable or not--to reveal the stories of overlooked and long-silenced people who live on the margins of society.

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