Down & out, on the road: the homeless in American history

1. The problem of the homeless in American history

2. The origins of homelessness in early America

3. The emergence of the tramp, 1865-1880

4. Tramps, trains, and towns, 1880-1915

5. Organized charity, social workers, and the homeless

6. Who were the homeless

7. On the road

8. In the city

9. A changing image : the homeless in popular culture, 1890-1930

10. From tramp to transient : the great depression

11. The forgotten men, 1935-1975

12. A new homeless?