Homeless Lives in American Cities explores how the American discourse on homelessness arose from Victorian social and political anxieties about the impacts of immigration and urbanization on the middle class family. It demonstrates how contemporary social work and policy emerge from Victorian cultural attitudes.

Homeless Lives in American Cities explores how the American discourse on homelessness arose from Victorian social and political anxieties about the impacts of immigration and urbanization on the middle class family. It demonstrates how contemporary social work and policy emerge from Victorian cultural attitudes.

Now we all think we know the story of Cinderella, right? We've read the story books We know about the ugly sisters and the amazing glass slippers We know about the pumpkin turned into a coach and pulled along by mice We know about the clock chiming at midnight and breaking the magic spell And we know about the handsome Prince and the way he chooses his princess-to-be by the size of her feet (That poor Prince had real problems ) But does all that sound believable to you? Does that sound real? Do you think that could possibly be what happened? Well, guess what folks, have I got a story for...