Street Corner Society : The Social Structure of an Italian Slum

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 418 pages

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Imprint:University of Chicago Press

Edition:4 Revised edition

ISBN:9780226895451

Published: 1 Apr 1993

Classifications:USA, Urban communities, Anthropology, Social, group or collective psychology

Readership:Professional & Vocational Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Undergraduate

Weight:554g

Dimensions:215 x 139 x 27 (mm)

Pub. Country:United States

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書籍簡介

《街角社會》是少數幾本可以被稱為社會學研究經典的著作之一。威廉·富特·懷特(William Foote Whyte)對他稱之為“Cornerville”的意大利裔美國貧民窟的描述?波士頓北部結束?五十年來一直是城市人種學的典範。懷特描繪了街頭幫派和“街角男孩”錯綜複雜的社會世界，他是第一個證明貧窮的社區不需要無組織的人。

他的作品為真實場景中真實人物的生動描繪樹立了標準。他對方法論的坦率討論?參與觀察嗎?為一代又一代的學生和學者提供了重要的現場研究案例。這個五十週年紀念版包括一個新的序言和修訂的方法附錄。

在這本書的一個新章節中，懷特迴應了最近對他的數據的有效性、解釋和使用的挑戰。

“在這本書中《懷特對弱者的影響》(The Whyte Impact on The Underdog)被保存了下來，這是一名黑幫頭目的感人陳述，他後來成為了作者的第一位研究助理。“街角協會為美國城市的實地研究開闢了新天地，樹立了標準，這仍然是智力挑戰的源泉。”羅伯特·華盛頓，《人類學評論》

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"?Boston's North End?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 methodology?participant observation?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."?Robert Washington, Reviews in Anthropology

作者簡介

威廉·富特·懷特(William Foote Whyte, 1914年6月27日- 2000年7月16日)是美國社會學家，主要以研究城市社會學的人種學而聞名。作為參與觀察的先驅，他在哈佛大學做初級研究員時，曾在波士頓的一個意大利社區生活了4年，研究波士頓北端街頭幫派的社會關係。

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.[1] 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 Boston's North End.