A Place on the Corner, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Elijah Anderson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226019598
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	10/16/2003
Series:	Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Elijah Anderson is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University. His past books include A Place on the Corner,Streetwise, published by the University of Chicago Press, as well as Code of the Street and The Cosmopolitan Canopy.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
1. The Setting
2. The Elaboration of Primary Ties and Personal Identities
3. The Regulars
4. The Wineheads
5. The Hoodlums
6. Social Order and Sociability
7. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix - Jelly's Place: An Ethnographic Memoir
Index