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Street Corner Society

The Social Structure of an Italian Slum

By: William Foote Whyte

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Paperback | 1 June 1993 | Edition Number 4

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418 Pages

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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"â"Boston's North Endâ"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 methodologyâ"participant observationâ"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.

"Street Corner Society broke new ground and set a standard for field research in American cities that remains a source of intellectual challenge."â"Robert Washington, Reviews in Anthropology

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List of Illustrations
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Introduction: 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
Doc's Political Campaign
Disintegration
Chick and His Club
The Story of Chick Morelli
Organizing the Club
Social Activities
Opposition to Chick
The Second Season
Disintegration
Republican Politics
Chick Morelli's Career
Social Structure and Social Mobility
The Nature of the Groups
The Social Role of the Settlement House
Loyalty and Social Mobility
Racketeers and Politicians
The Social Structure of Racketeering
History of the Rackets
Organization of the Policy Racket
Relations with the Police
The Racketeer in His Social Setting
The Racketeers in the Cornerville S. and A. Club
Tony Cataldo and the Shelby Street Boys
Organizing the Club
Reorganizing the Club
The Political Issue
The Crisis and Tony Cataldo
Tony's Beano Party
The New Administration
Carlo and Tony
Politics and the Social Structure
The Changing Nature of Political Organization
The Political Career
Organizing the Campaign
Political Rallies
Election Day
The Nature of Political Obligations
Conclusion
The Gang and the Individual
The Social Structure
The Problem of Cornerville
Appendixes
On the Evolution of "Street Corner Society"
Personal Background
Finding Cornerville
Planning the Study
First Efforts
Beginning with Doc
Training in Participant Observation
Venture into Politics
Back on Norton Street
Replanning the Research
Again in the Corner Gang
Studying Racketeering
Marching on City Hall
Farewell to Cornerville
Cornerville Revisited
Getting Street Corner Society
Accepted as a Doctoral Thesis
Revisiting Street Corner Society
Fifty Years Later
The Whyte Impact on an Underdog by Angelo Ralph Orlandella
Selected References
Index
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