The social structure of an italian slum by william foote whyte and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. This is a study of the social structure of what whyte. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Street corner society describes various groups and communities within the district.
The classic study of a poor community in bostons north end in the midtwentieth century. Cooperative strategies for strengthening local economies i l r paperback by whyte, william foote and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences 50, s. His curiosity ultimately led whyte to carry out four years of participant observation in this. Published 1955 by university of chicago press in chicago.
He also discusses the new style of criticism embodied in critical. It received little attention when it was first published, but upon being reissued in 1955 it became a bestseller as well as a standard college text, and established whyte s reputation as a. It received little attention when it was first published, but upon being reissued in 1955 it became a bestseller as well as a standard college. Margaret mead pioneered this kind of observational sociologyanthropology with her coming of age in samoa. It is a study of young men from an inner city italian community in boston, usa. The book has been republished in four editions 1943c, 1955, 1981, 1993b and over 200,000. The copy i bought was the third edition of 1981 revised and expanded. The boy friends of these girls chased our fellows back to norton street. Aug 19, 2010 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The social structure of an italian slum kindle edition by whyte, william foote. The social structure of an italian slum enlarged edition.
In the late 1930s, whyte lived in a slum district of boston that was mostly inhabited by first and second generation immigrants from italy. William foote whyte s account of the italian american slum he called cornerville bostons north end has been the model for urban ethnography for fifty years. He also discusses the new style of criticism embodied in. Street corner society is an ethnography written by william foote whyte and published in 1943.
The social structure of an italian slum, william foote whyte is published by university of chicago press. Barbara ehrenreichs research for her book nickel and dimed focused on which category of people. On methodology in street corner society my symbolic interaction. An example of participant observation scool, the revision. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Whyte s 1943 classic street corner society was based on research in a boston slum district, but it was heavily influenced by the chicago tradition.
With the 1955 edition of the book, whyte added a methodological. Whyte comments on the issues raised regarding the intellectual background of the book and his relations with the community studied. Street corner society originally titled street corner society. The social structure of an italian slum 9780226895451.
William foote whyte, street society, organizations and. This is a welcome reissue of a sociological classic with the addition of an eighty page methodological appendix. It received little attention when it was first published, but upon being reissued in 1955 it became a bestseller as well as a standard college text, and established whytes reputation as a. Then we got together and chased the boy friends back to where thev came from. We didnt lush steal from a drunk or get in crap games. A pioneer in participant observation, he lived for four years in an italian community in boston while a junior fellow at harvard researching social relations of street gangs in bostons north end. Whyte, a sociologist with a passion for reform who wrote street corner society, the trailblazing 1943 study of italianamerican gangs in the north end of boston, died last sunday in. By mapping the intricate social worlds of street gangs and corner boys. Whyte the study of a slum society which has become a sociological classic. William foote whyte june 27, 1914 july 16, 2000 was a sociologist chiefly known for his ethnographic study in urban sociology, street corner society. Mar 26, 2015 street corner society concerns the largely italian immigrants to boston north end, and how they became involved with a youth gang.
Street corner society by whyte, william foote, 1955, university of chicago press edition, in english enl. Whyte, from an upper middle class background, showed an early interest in writing, economics and social reform. Mar 30, 2015 much of the background to the book and how it was researched is found in the introduction pp. Street corner society the social structure of an italian. Unwilling to accept easy stereotypes, whyte set out to discover for himself exactly what kind of life went on inside this community. Street corner society goodreads meet your next favorite book. William foote whyte, street corner society and social. William foote whyte, street corner society and social oorganisation, in.
Street corner society is one of a handful of works that can justifiably be called classics of sociological research. Whytes 1943 classic street corner society was based on research in a boston slum district, but it was heavily influenced by the chicago tradition. By mapping the intricate social worlds of street gangs and corner. Whyte, william foote with the collaboration of kathleen king whyte 1984 learning from the field. To the same extent that street corner society was a community study bib3 andersson, 2014, it also was a study on group interaction and performance. One must find a way into the community and a way to be a part of the community. John van maanen 2011 1988 compares scs with bronislaw malinowskis social anthropology classic argonauts of the western. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Street corner society was a very interesting book and a landmark of its genre. Of course the other group whyte completely ignored was women and that is understandable because women were little valued in the north end culture of the time. Cornerville and its people corner boys and college boys doc and his boys the members of the gang bowling and social ranking the nortons and the aphrodite club docs political campaign. They turned around and got all garden street, swift street, and main street to go after us it usually started this way. This is a study of the social structure of what whyte refers to as street corner society.
It received little attention when it was first published, but upon being reissued in 1955 it became a bestseller as well as a standard. Whyte differentiated between corner boys and college boys the lives of the corner boys revolved around particular street corners and the. A pioneer in participant observation, he lived for four years in an italian community in boston while a junior fellow at harvard researching socia. On methodology in street corner society my symbolic. Much of the initial research for this study was carried out in the late 1930s whyte, 1955 p. William foote whytes account of the italian american slum he called cornerville bostons north end has been the model for urban ethnography for fifty years. William foote whytes account of the italian american slum he called cornervillebostons north endhas been the model for urban ethnography for fifty years. University of chicago press, 1955 social science 366 pages. Street corner society hardcover 1955 by wiliam foote whyte author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. By mapping the intricate social worlds of street gangs and corner boys, whyte was among the first to demonstrate. Street corner society wikipedia republished wiki 2. Much of the background to the book and how it was researched is. William foote whyte s account of the italian american slum he called cornervillebostons north endhas been the model for urban ethnography for fifty years. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading street corner society.
The social structure of an italian slum is an ethnography written by william foote whyte and published in 1943. The original monograph, based on field work in 19361940, and published in 1943, has been updated with new material in subsequent new editions of the book in 1955, 1981, and the fourth, or fiftieth anniversary, edition in 1993. William foote whyte wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The book represents a look at a segment of american society, as it existed at a specific point in history the tail end of the depressionmuch of the society whyte studied had already changed by the time the book saw print by 1943, one must assume that most of the young men profiled in the study were in uniform, however that is true to some. William foote whyte june 27, 1914 july 16, 2000 was an american sociologist, chiefly known for his ethnographic study in urban sociology, street corner society. Almost 50 years after its publication,street corner society was the focus of new scholarly attention inreframing organizational culture and a special issue of the journal of contemporary ethnology. William foote whytes street corner society scs 1943c.
Street corner society, by william foote whyte, is a neighborhood study. Whyte differentiated between corner boys and college boys the lives of the corner boys revolved around particular street corners and the nearby shops. Whyte, william foote 1943, 1955, 1966, 1981, 1993 street corner society. All observation involves the selection of data, but in p. The social structure of an italian slum 4th revised edition by whyte, william foote isbn. Street corner society is a famous descriptive case study written by william foote whyte and published in 1943. One of the most exciting aspects of street corner society is not directly about crime and its relation to prohibition, fascinating as that has been, but about the methods whyte used to bring out the relationship between individual and society in his research. Street corner society is considered by many social scientists as a classic in the sociological literature. Street corner society concerns the largely italian immigrants to boston north end, and how they became involved with a youth gang. Street corner society by whyte, william foote, 1955, university of chicago press edition, in english 2nd ed. By mapping the intricate social worlds of street gangs and corner boys, whyte was among the first to.
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