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Street corner society : the social structure of an Italian slum

Title
Street corner society : the social structure of an Italian slum / William Foote Whyte.
Author
Whyte, William Foote, 1914-2000.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
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Description
xx, 398 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Gangs > United States
  • Italian Americans
  • Italianen
  • Jeugdbenden
  • Achterbuurten
  • History
  • Boston (Mass.)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-392) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Cornerville and Its People -- I. Doc and His Boys -- II. Chick and His Club -- III. Social Structure and Social Mobility -- IV. The Social Structure of Racketeering -- V. The Racketeer in the Cornerville S. and A. Club -- VI. Politics and the Social Structure -- Appendix A: On the Evolution of "Street Corner Society" -- Appendix B: The Whyte Impact on an Underdog / Angelo Ralph Orlandella -- Appendix C: Selected References.
ISBN
  • 0226895440 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226895444 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226895459 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 9780226895451 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 92042262
  • 99934308747
OCLC
ocm27144351
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries