Homeless Families: THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY - Softcover

"A sensitive, compelling, and deeply moving portrait of Americans on the verge of disappearing into the ranks of the homeless." -- Kai Erikson, coauthor of The Nature of Work: Sociological Perspectives

How do homeless people perceive their plight? Specifically, how does their situation affect their sense of personal dignity? In intensive interviews with one hundred adult heads of homeless families, Barry Seltser and Donald Miller ask these questions, previously not dealt with in the growing literature on homelessness. Homeless Families sensitizes readers, challenging them to consider their own moral and social responses to homeless people.