E-book
A thousand dreams Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the fight for its future
Record details
- ISBN: 9781926812281 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781553652984 (pbk.)
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1 electronic text (319 p., [12] p. of plates) : ports., digital file. - Publisher: Vancouver [B.C.] : Douglas & McIntyre, c2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- 1 The early years -- 2 We call it the Downtown Eastside -- 3 Lethal heroin, killer coke, and expo -- 4 The Cain Report -- 5 Woodward's -- 6 Homeless and mentally ill -- 7 Vancouver's HIV/AIDS epidemic : the worst in the Western World -- 8 Harm reduction : a grassroots struggle -- 9 DaVinci's inquest -- 10 The missing women -- 11 Four pillars -- 12 Canada's first supervised injection site -- 13 The harm reduction two-step -- 14 Sex work, safety, and sanctuaries -- 15 NAOMI and the fight to save Insite -- 16 Housing Vancouver's poor -- 17 The road ahead -- Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Campbell, Larry Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) -- History Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) -- Social conditions |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
