TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hombs,Mary Ellen
TI  - American homelessness: a reference handbook 
T2  - Contemporary world issues
SN  - 1576072479
AV  - HV4505 .H647 2001
U1  - 362.5/0973 21
PY  - 0000///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Homelessness
KW  - United States
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Sans-abri
KW  - Guides, manuels, etc
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-273) and index; Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Facts and statistics -- Documents and reports -- Legislation on homeless assistance -- Homelessness and the law -- Directory of organizations, associations, and government agencies -- Selected print and nonprint resources
N2  - Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century; 24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world; Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date
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UR  - http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=890138&T=F
ER  -