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Amster, Randall.

Lost in space the criminalization, globalization, and urban ecology of homelessness / [electronic resource] : Randall Amster. - New York : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008. - xiii, 269 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-263) and index.

Facing the "homeless problem" : subsistence, survival, and skid row -- Urban ecology and public space : Disney, development, and dystopia -- Patterns of exclusion : the perversity of homeless criminalization -- Mapping the territory : meanings, methodologies, means and ends -- Case in point : a brief history of the Tempe sidewalk ordinance -- The ecology of resistance : human rights struggles and the contested realms of public space -- Cities of the future : localizing the global, globalizing the local.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Homelessness.
Homelessness--Arizona--Tempe.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Public spaces.
Homeless persons.
Crime and globalization.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV4493 / .A57 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 362.5