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Rachel and her children : [electronic resource] homeless families in America / Jonathan Kozol.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers, 1988.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 261 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 051756730X :
  • 9780517567302
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5/0973 19
LOC classification:
  • HV4505 .K69 1988
Other classification:
  • 79.21
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Ordinary people -- Overview : a captive state -- pt. 1. Christmas at the Martinique Hotel -- 1. A mood or resignation -- 2. Grieving for a lost home -- 3. Three generations -- 4. Rachel and her children -- 5. The big street -- pt. 2. Failure to thrive -- 1. Concealment -- 2. Stereotypes -- 3. The penalties of failure -- 4. The road to Potter's Field -- 5. Distancing ourselves from pain and tears -- 6. About prayer -- pt. 3. The natural results -- 1. Seasonal concerns -- 2. The long march -- 3. Untouchables -- 4. One childhood : no second chance -- Epilogue : economies of scale.
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Bibliography: p. 249-252.

Ordinary people -- Overview : a captive state -- pt. 1. Christmas at the Martinique Hotel -- 1. A mood or resignation -- 2. Grieving for a lost home -- 3. Three generations -- 4. Rachel and her children -- 5. The big street -- pt. 2. Failure to thrive -- 1. Concealment -- 2. Stereotypes -- 3. The penalties of failure -- 4. The road to Potter's Field -- 5. Distancing ourselves from pain and tears -- 6. About prayer -- pt. 3. The natural results -- 1. Seasonal concerns -- 2. The long march -- 3. Untouchables -- 4. One childhood : no second chance -- Epilogue : economies of scale.

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