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How it works

Robert P. II Fairbanks

2009298 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009The University of Chicago Press · 298 pages · ENGISBN 9780226234083

'How it Works' examines the phenomenon of the 'recovery house movement' in Philadelphia. Often unlicensed and unregulated, these facilities provide shelter for recovering addicts and alcoholics using abandoned row houses in the most deprived areas of the city.

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