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Nels Anderson was a pioneer in the study of the homeless. In the early 1920s Anderson combined his own experience ""on the bummery,"" with his keen sociological insight to give voice to a largely ignored underclass. He remains an extraordinary and underrated figure in the history of American sociology. On Hobos and Homelessness includes Anderson's rich and vibrant ethnographic work of a world of homeless men. He conducted his study on Madison street in Chicago, and we come to intimately know this portion of the 1920s hobo underworld—the harshness of vagrant life and the adventures of young hobos who come to the big city. This selection also includes Anderson's later work on the juvenile and the tramp, the unattached migrant, and the family. Like John Steinbeck's Depression-era observations, Anderson's writings express the memory of those who do not seem entitled to have memory, whose lives were expressed in temporary labor.

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Author:   Nels Anderson ,  Raffaele Rauty
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9780226019666

ISBN 10:   0226019667
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   01 February 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Hobos 1: Introduction to the Phoenix Edition of The Hobo 2: Hobohemia Defined 3: The Jungles: The Homeless Man Abroad 4: The Lodging House: The Homeless Man at Home 5: The Hobo and the Tramp 6: Summary of Findings and Recommendations 7: Summary of a Study of Four Hundred Tramps, Summer 1921 8: How and the Hobos: Character Sketch of J.E. How, Millionaire Hobo 9: The Slum: A Project for Study 10: The Juvenile and the Tramp 11: An Old Problem in New Form 12: The Unattached Migrant 13: Migrancy and the Labor Market 14: A Family in the Hobomania Era 15: The Sort of Jobs the Hobo Brought Urban Context: Work, and Leisure 16: Some Dimensions of Time 17: The Trend of Urban Sociology 18: Urbanism as a Way of Life Selected Bibliography Index

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