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Author Whyte, William Foote, 1914-2000.

Title Street corner society : the social structure of an Italian slum / William Foote Whyte
Edition Fourth edition
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993

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 W'PONDS  305.851073 Why 1993  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 398 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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
Analysis Boston (Mass.)
Social structure History
Notes Previous ed.: 1981
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-392) and index
Subject Gangs -- United States.
Italian Americans.
LC no. 92042262
ISBN 0226895440 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226895459 (paper : alk. paper)