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Place on the Corner
Elijah Anderson
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Description for Place on the Corner
Paperback. This edition marks the 25th anniversary of Elijah Anderson's classic study of street life among a gang of people congregating around a bar called "Jelly's" on Chicago's South Side. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
This paperback edition of A Place on the Corner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elijah Anderson's sociological classic, a study of street corner life at a local barroom/liquor store located in the ghetto on Chicago's South Side. Anderson returned night after night, month after month, to gain a deeper understanding of the people he met, vividly depicting how they created—and recreated—their local stratification system. In addition, Anderson introduces key sociological concepts, including "the extended primary group" and "being down." The new preface and appendix in this edition expand on Anderson's original work, telling the intriguing story of how ... Read more
This paperback edition of A Place on the Corner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elijah Anderson's sociological classic, a study of street corner life at a local barroom/liquor store located in the ghetto on Chicago's South Side. Anderson returned night after night, month after month, to gain a deeper understanding of the people he met, vividly depicting how they created—and recreated—their local stratification system. In addition, Anderson introduces key sociological concepts, including "the extended primary group" and "being down." The new preface and appendix in this edition expand on Anderson's original work, telling the intriguing story of how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226019598
SKU
V9780226019598
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