Homelessness books

Richard Haines' ""Proposals For Building, In Every County, A Working-Alms-House or Hospital: As The Best Expedient...  Read More >>

""Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment"" by Florence Nightingale offers a vital historical perspective...  Read More >>

William Henry Davies' ""Beggars"" offers a stark and unflinching autobiographical look at the world of poverty and...  Read More >>

""Facts for the Kind-Hearted of England! As to the Wretchedness of the Irish Peasantry, and the Means for their...  Read More >>

""Broke"" The Man without the Dime"" offers a stark and unflinching look at unemployment and financial hardship...  Read More >>

In ""Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half,"" Jacob A. Riis, a pioneering social reformer, offers a stark and...  Read More >>

This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them...  Read More >>

""Practicable Socialism"" by Samuel Augustus Barnett and Henrietta Octavia Weston Barnett offers a compelling exploration...  Read More >>

Edwin Markham's powerful and evocative poetry, including his most famous work, ""The Man With the Hoe,"" offers...  Read More >>

Walter Augustus Wyckoff's ""The Workers: An Experiment in Reality, The West"" offers a compelling firsthand account...  Read More >>

""Reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer"" offers a compelling first-hand account of Victorian era poverty...  Read More >>

Explore a vital snapshot of early 20th-century America with ""The Survey, Volume 30, Number 4, Apr 26, 1913."" This...  Read More >>

""Adventures in Indigence and Other Essays"" by Laura Spencer Portor offers a compelling look into 20th-century...  Read More >>

""Practicable Socialism: Essays on Social Reform,"" by Samuel Augustus Barnett and Henrietta Octavia Barnett, explores...  Read More >>

""Ragged Homes and How to Mend Them"" by Mary Bayly offers a compelling look into the landscape of poverty and the...  Read More >>

Maud Pember Reeves's ""Round about a Pound a Week"" offers a stark and compelling look into the lives of working-class...  Read More >>

""The Early History of English Poor Relief"" by E.M. Leonard explores the origins and evolution of social welfare...  Read More >>

""The Children of the Poor"" offers a powerful and unflinching look at child welfare in turn-of-the-century New...  Read More >>

""The Workers: An Experiment in Reality: The East"" by Walter Augustus Wyckoff offers a compelling firsthand account...  Read More >>

""How The Poor Live, and Horrible London"" by George R. Sims offers a stark and unflinching look into the depths...  Read More >>

Horace Fletcher's ""That Last Waif, or Social Quarantine"" offers a compelling look into the landscape of child...  Read More >>

Explore the timeless debate surrounding fairness in wealth distribution with John Augustine Ryan's ""Distributive...  Read More >>

""The Survey, Vol. 30, Number 6, May 10, 1913,"" edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg, offers a vital snapshot of social...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1867Original Publisher: Simpkin, MarshallSubjects:...  Read More >>

John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial...  Read More >>