A Place on the Corner, Second Edition

A Place on the Corner, Second Edition
ISBN-10
022677502X
ISBN-13
9780226775029
Category
Social Science
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2020-05-22
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Elijah Anderson

Description

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 he went about his field work among the men who frequented Jelly's corner.

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