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Street Corner Society : the Social Structure of an Italian slum

"In the heart of 'Eastern City' there is a slum district we shall call 'Cornerville,' which is inhabited almost exclusively by Italian immigrants and their children. To the rest of the city it is a mysterious, dangerous, and depressing area. For three and a half years, William Foote Whyte lived in Cornerville -- for eighteen months with an Italian family, to get an intimate view of family life and to establish contacts with the community. He learned Italian to be able to talk with the older generation; he joined the second generation's activities - bowled and played baseball and softball, and cards - to get their confidence and friendship. The result is Street Corner Society - a study of the social structure of an Italian slum. This sociological analysis of Cornervile deals with the structure and leadership of informal groups of 'corner boys' and their relations with racket, police, and political organizations. Conversations and chatty accounts of club meetings and bowling matches more than color the picture; they are the picture, for they show in action the relations which Whyte analyzes." -- Back cover.

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  • "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 recent 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."
  • ""In the heart of 'Eastern City' there is a slum district we shall call 'Cornerville,' which is inhabited almost exclusively by Italian immigrants and their children. To the rest of the city it is a mysterious, dangerous, and depressing area. For three and a half years, William Foote Whyte lived in Cornerville -- for eighteen months with an Italian family, to get an intimate view of family life and to establish contacts with the community. He learned Italian to be able to talk with the older generation; he joined the second generation's activities - bowled and played baseball and softball, and cards - to get their confidence and friendship. The result is Street Corner Society - a study of the social structure of an Italian slum. This sociological analysis of Cornervile deals with the structure and leadership of informal groups of 'corner boys' and their relations with racket, police, and political organizations. Conversations and chatty accounts of club meetings and bowling matches more than color the picture; they are the picture, for they show in action the relations which Whyte analyzes." -- Back cover."@en

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  • "Street corner society. The social structure of an italian slum"
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  • "Little Italy : uno slum italo-americano"
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  • "Street corner society : The social structure of an Italian slum"
  • "Street Corner Society. The social structure of an Italian slum ... Enlarged edition"@en
  • "Street Corner Society. The social structure of an Italian slum ... Enlarged edition"
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  • "Street corner society : the social structure of an italian slum ; [the study of a slum society which has become a sociological classic]"
  • "Street corner society, the social structure of an Italian slum, a dissertation... by William Foote Whyte"
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