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Poor and Homeless in the Sunshine State
- Down and Out in Theme Park Nation
Engelsk
Bogcover for Poor and Homeless in the Sunshine State af James Wright, 9781138513426
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
335
ISBN-13:
9781138513426
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1138513423
Udg. Dato:
26 jul 2017
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
26 jul 2017
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Poor and Homeless in the Sunshine State

- Down and Out in Theme Park Nation
Engelsk
Paperback 2017
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A place like Orlando, Florida is not transformed from swampland to sprawling metropolis through Peter Pan-like flights of fancy, but through theme park expansions requiring developmental schemes that are tough minded and often worsen relationships between the wealthy and the poor. The homeless arrive with their own hopes and illusions, which are soon shattered. The rest of the local population makes its peace with the system. Meanwhile the homeless are reduced to advocacy models that neither middle- nor working-class folks much worry about. They are modern members of Ellison''s "invisible men" but they comprise a racial and social mixture unlike any other in the American landscape.

This book is primarily about the dark side of this portrait the poor, near-poor, homeless, and dispossessed who live in the midst of this verdant landscape. The phrase "down and out," has been used to describe people who are destitute or penniless since the late nineteenth century. Here the term is used in a more expansive sense, as synonymous with anyone who lives near, at, or over the edge of financial catastrophe.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
335
ISBN-13:
9781138513426
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1138513423
Udg. Dato:
26 jul 2017
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
26 jul 2017
Forfatter(e):
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