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A Roof Over My Head, Second Edition

Homeless Women and the Shelter Industry

University Press of Colorado

Based upon extensive ethnographic data, A Roof Over My Head examines the lives of homeless women who often care for children and live in small shelters and transitional living centers. Previous literature on homelessness has focused on those living literally on the streets or in large armory-style shelters. As William maintains, such studies often overlook those homeless women—many with children—who live in small shelters and transitional living centers.

The author draws upon interviews with homeless women, interviews with housed people, and, finally, evaluations of shelter services, philosophies, and policies to get at the causes and social construction of homelessness. A Roof Over My Head is a ground-breaking study that unveils the centrality of abuse and poverty in homeless women's lives and outlines ways in which societal responses can and should be more effective.

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Risk Communication and Miscommunication

Case Studies in Science, Technology, Engineering, Government, and Community Organizations

University Press of Colorado
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A Land Made from Water

Appropriation and the Evolution of Colorado's Landscape, Ditches, and Water Institutions

University Press of Colorado

A Land Made from Water chronicles how the appropriation and development of water and riparian resources in Colorado changed the face of the Front Range—an area that was once a desert and is now an irrigated oasis suitable for the habitation and support of millions of people.

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The Man Who Thought He Owned Water

On the Brink with American Farms, Cities, and Food

University Press of Colorado
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Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene

Science, Policy, and Practice

University Press of Colorado
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Stories in Stone

The Enchanted Gem Carvings of Vasily Konovalenko

By Stephen E. Nash; By (photographer) Richard M. Wicker
University Press of Colorado
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Chol (Mayan) Folktales

A Collection of Stories from the Modern Maya of Southern Mexico

University Press of Colorado
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Apocalyptic Anxiety

Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World

University Press of Colorado
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Leaders of the Mexican American Generation

Biographical Essays

Edited by Anthony Quiroz; Foreword by Arnoldo De León
University Press of Colorado
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Exploring Cause and Explanation

Historical Ecology, Demography, and Movement in the American Southwest

University Press of Colorado
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Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park

From the White City Beautiful to a Century of Fun

University Press of Colorado
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House of Sugar, House of Stone

University Press of Colorado, Center for Literary Publishing
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Ancient Households of the Americas

Conceptualizing What Households Do

University Press of Colorado

In Ancient Households of the Americas archaeologists investigate the fundamental role of household production in ancient, colonial, and contemporary households.

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Frank Mechau

Artist of Colorado

University Press of Colorado
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Voices from Vilcabamba

Accounts Chronicling the Fall of the Inca Empire

University Press of Colorado
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Herndon Davis

Painting Colorado History, 1901–1962

University Press of Colorado
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