William Foote Whyte

Street Corner Society (eBook, ePUB)

The Social Structure of an Italian Slum

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The classic study of a poor community in Boston's North End in the mid-twentieth century. Street Corner Society is one of a handful of works that can justifiably be called classics of sociological research. William Foote Whyte's account of the Italian American slum he called "Cornerville"-Boston's North End-has been the model for urban ethnography for fifty years. By mapping the intricate social worlds of street gangs and "corner boys," Whyte was among the first to demonstrate that a poor community need not be socially disorganized. His writing set a standard for vivid portrayals of real people in real situations. And his frank discussion of his methodology-participant observation-has served as an essential casebook in field research for generations of students and scholars. This fiftieth anniversary edition includes a new preface and revisions to the methodological appendix. In a new section on the book's legacy, Whyte responds to challenges to the validity, interpretation, and uses of his data. "The Whyte Impact on the Underdog," the moving statement by a gang leader who became the author's first research assistant, is preserved. " Street Corner Society broke new ground and set a standard for field research in American cities that remains a source of intellectual challenge."-Robert Washington, Reviews in Anthropology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780226922669
• Artikelnr.: 55885340