The Lumpenproletariat (directly translated: rag-proletariat) is a term used by Marxists to describe the section of the proletariat that can't find legal work on a regular basis. These may be prostitutes, beggars, or homeless people.
... in the T.C. Boyle novel The Road to Wellville[?] and the movie of the same name. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,364.
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