They puncture a few myths about 'aggressive' and 'work-shy' beggars, and use their research to inform some very deft and subtle theoretical observations.
Although beggars and rough-sleepers have become an all-too-familiar part of the urban landscape, we actually know very little about their characteristics, motivations and experiences.
He conversed with many ordinary people, including carmen, labourers, farmers, beggars, and paupers.
As the noon prayer concluded, he was besieged by a swarm of "the poor, beggars, and women" who were hoping for alms.
Here he chats to the hospital's porter and notes the beggars hanging around the gate.
He finds that the techniques beggars used, people's view of them, their organizations, and government policies had no obvious differences in different cities.
Under such a policy, beggars had a relatively large social space, and established their own professional organizations.
At noon, the beggars who aroused the least repugnance were to call at houses in carefully selected streets.
