List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Rise of hobohemia, 1870-1920
1. Great army of tramps
Making of America's tramp army ; Tasting of the fountain of indolence ; Origin myths of tramping
2. Other side of the road
Broken home circle; From patriarch to pariah ; From the fraternity of haut beaus
3. Hallelujah, I'm a bum!
Opening of the wageworkers' frontier ; Main stem ; (White) man's country ; Hobosexuality
II. Hobohemia and homelessness in the early twentieth century
4. Politics of hobohemia
Organizing the main stem ; Song of the jungles
5. Civilization without homes
Reforming the main stem ; Hotel spirit ; Comic tramp
III. Resettling the hobo army, 1920-1980
6. Decline and fall of hobohemia
Closing of the wageworker's frontier ; Contesting hobohemia
7. Forgotten men
New Deal for the American homeless ; Folklores of homelessness
8. Coming home
Decline and fall of skid row ; Dharma bums and easy riders
IV. Enduring legacy : homelessness and American culture since 1980
9. Rediscovering homelessness
New homeless ; Romancing the road, surviving the streets.