The hobo
the sociology of the homeless man.
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Author
Publication
1961 - University of Chicago Press, [Chicago], Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
74,000 words, Guess
Page Count
296 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5830362M
- OCLC Control Number264149
- OCLC Control Number87859181
- OCLC Control Number22417
- OCLC Control Numberhobosociologyofh0000ande_c6t7
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number61019619
Classifications
- DDC301
- LCCHV4505 .A6 1961
Description
"This is an account, written with insight and sympathy, of the life of the hobo, life in "Hobohemia," a frontier that was already beginning to vanish when this study originally appeared in 1923. The author, drawing from his own experiences as a hobo, pictures life in the 'main stem' of Halsted and State Streets in Chicago. Here are the customs and class distinctions, language, songs, moral and intellectual life of this body of men who, for widely varying reasons, chose the migratory life. A new introduction by the author places the hobo in historical perspective and explains his disappearance from the American scene"--Back cover.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Phoenix books,
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- The hobo: the sociology of the homeless man.
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