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Copyright © 2013 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Howard, Ella. Homeless : poverty and place in Urban America / Ella Howard. — 1st. ed. p. cm. — (Politics and Culture in Modern America) ISBN 978-0-8122-4472-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Homelessness—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. 2. Skid Row. 3. Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street). I. Title. II Series. HV4506.N6 H73 2013 362.5/92097471—pcc 2012014390 ...

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