Description: Good Company Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). A Tramp Life Author(s): Douglas Harper Format: Paperback Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States Imprint: Paradigm ISBN-13: 9781594511844, 978-1594511844 Synopsis Good Company: A Tramp Life, is a vivid portrait of a lifestyle long part of America's history, yet rapidly disappearing. The author traveled extensively by freight train to gain rich insights into the elusive world of the tramp. Richly illustrated with 85 photographs by the author, the book presents the homeless man as an individual who "drank, migrated, and worked at day labor" rather than the stereotype of a victim of alcoholism. The tramps with whom Harper shared boxcars and hobo jungles were the labor force that harvested the crops in most of the apple orchards in the Pacific Northwest. They were drawn to the harvest from across the United States and migrated primarily on freight trains, as had hobos in the 1930s. Although not without its problems, the tramp way of life is a fierce and independent culture that has been an integral part of our American identity and an important part of our agricultural economy. Since the first edition of this classic book was published by the University of Chicago Press, the tramp has virtually disappeared from the American social landscape. The agricultural labor force is now made up of Hispanic migrants. This significantly revised and updated edition contrasts this disappearing lifestyle with the homelessness of the modern era, which has been produced by different economic and sociological forces, all of which have worked against the continuation of the tramp as a social species. The new edition richly documents the transition in our society from "tramps" to urban homelessness and the many social, political, and policy changes attendant to this transformation. It also includes an additional thirty-five previously unpublished photographs from the original research.
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Book Title: Good Company
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Name: Good Company: a Tramp Life
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Item Height: 254 mm
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 399 g
Subject Area: Social Organisations
Author: Douglas Harper
Item Width: 178 mm
Format: Paperback
