A thousand dreams : Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the fight for its future Cover Image

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A thousand dreams : Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the fight for its future / Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd, Lori Culbert.

Campbell, Lawrence. (Author). Boyd, Neil, 1951- (Added Author). Culbert, Lori, 1967- (Added Author).

Summary:

"In mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts ... [the authors] offer a portrait of one of North America's poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside"--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553652984 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 319 p., [24] p. of plates : ill ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Greystone Books, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-309) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The early years -- We call the Downtown Eastside -- Lethal heroin, killer Coke, and Expo 86 -- The Cain report -- Woodward's -- Homelss and mentally ill -- Vancouver's HIV/AIDS epidemic : the worst in the western world -- Ham reduction : a gassroots struggle -- Da Vinci's Inquest -- The missing women -- Four pillars -- Canada's first supervised injection site -- The harm reduction two-steps -- Sex work, safety, and santuaries -- Naomi and the fight to save Insite -- Housing Vancouver's poor -- The road ahead.
Target Audience Note:	All Ages.