Homeless Camps in Seattle: Then and Now

By Emily Pond

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Fast Forward to Present-day Seattle…

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Works Cited• Ashkinadze, Rimma. "Urban Squatting: An Adaptive Response to the

Housing Crisis." Ohio Link ETD Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2013. <http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Ashkinadze%20Rimma.pdf?oberlin1313773440>.

• Crouse, Joan M. The Homeless Transient in the Great Depression: New York State, 1929-1941. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986. Print.

• Gregory, James. "Hoovervilles and Homelessness." The Great Depression in Washington State. University of Washington, 2009. Web. 4 Mar. 2013.

• Herring, Chris. "Punitive Containment and Contesting Neoliberalism: The Roots and Implications of Homeless Camps in America." 2010. PDF file.

Works Cited (cont.)• Jeffers, H. Paul. "Quick Look: Hoovervilles During the Great Depression."

The Complete Idiot's Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://idiotsguides.com/static/quickguides/history/quick-look-hoovervilles-during-the-great-depression.html>.

• Neighly, Dustin. "'Nobody Paid any Attention': The Economic Marginalization of Seattle's Hooverville." The Great Depression in Washington State. University of Washington, 2010. Web. 6 Mar. 2013.

• Smith, Joey. "A Tarpaper Carthage: Interpreting Hooverville." The Great Depression in Washington State. University of Washington, 2010. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://depts.washington.edu/depress/hooverville_seattle_tarpaper_carthage.shtml>.

• Steinbeck, John. "The Squatters' Camps." San Francisco News [San Francisco] 1936: n. pag. Print.