The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man
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Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Deutsch, Zu Ehren des 1986 verstorbenen Soziologen Nels Anderson fand im Jahr 2008 eine Forschungskonferenz mit dem Namen „25th Qualitive Analysis Conference - Qualitive 2008: The Chicago School & Beyond" statt. Das Bemühen, den wissenschaftlichen Ansatz Andersons wiederaufleben zu lassen, ist für den heutigen Forschungsstand der Stadtanthropologie bezeichnend, wenn man sich vergegenwärtigt, dass sein erstes Buch „The Hobo. The Sociology of the Homeless Man" bereits 1923 erstmalig publ...
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- THE HOBO
- EDITOR’S PREFACE
- COMMITTEE’S PREFACE
- FOOTNOTES:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I
- CHAPTER I HOBOHEMIA DEFINED
- “MAIN STEMS”
- THE “SLAVE MARKET”
- HOBOHEMIA’S PLAYGROUND
- “BUGHOUSE SQUARE”
- A “JUNGLE” ON THE LAKE FRONT
- WHY MEN COME TO CHICAGO
- THE PROBLEM DEFINED IN TERMS OF NUMBERS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II THE JUNGLES: THE HOMELESS MAN ABROAD
- LOCATION AND TYPES OF JUNGLES
- THE LAWS OF THE JUNGLE
- THE MELTING POT OF TRAMPDOM
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III THE LODGING-HOUSE: THE HOMELESS MAN AT HOME
- THE “FLOPHOUSE”
- RESTAURANTS AND LUNCHROOMS
- OUTFITTING STORES AND CLOTHING EXCHANGES
- PAWN SHOPS
- MOVIES AND BURLESQUES
- BARBER COLLEGES AND BARBERS
- BOOKSTORES
- SALOONS AND SOFT DRINK STANDS
- THE HOUSING PROBLEM
- CHAPTER IV “GETTING BY” IN HOBOHEMIA
- WORKING AT ODD JOBS
- PEDDLING A DEVICE FOR “GETTING BY”
- STREET FAKING
- GRAFTS OLD AND NEW
- “WORKING THE FOLKS”
- “WHITE COLLAR” BEGGING
- BORROWING AND BEGGING
- STEALING
- “JACK ROLLING”
- “GETTING BY” IN WINTER
- THE GAME OF “GETTING BY”
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART II
- CHAPTER V WHY DO MEN LEAVE HOME?
- SEASONAL WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT
- THE INDUSTRIALLY INADEQUATE
- DEFECTS OF PERSONALITY
- CRISES IN THE LIFE OF THE PERSON
- RACIAL AND NATIONAL DISCRIMINATION
- WANDERLUST
- THE MULTIPLE EXPLANATION
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI THE HOBO AND THE TRAMP
- THE SEASONAL WORKER
- THE HOBO
- THE TRAMP
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII THE HOME GUARD AND THE BUM
- THE HOME GUARD
- THE BUM
- OTHER TYPES OF HOMELESS MEN
- RELATIVE NUMBERS OF DIFFERENT TYPES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII WORK
- JOB HUNTING AMONG THE CASUAL WORKERS
- PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
- PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
- THE CASUALIZATION OF LABOR
- A NATIONAL PROBLEM
- A CLEARING HOUSE FOR HOMELESS MEN
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART III
- CHAPTER IX HEALTH
- THE PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE
- THE HOBO’S HEALTH ON THE JOB
- THE HEALTH OF THE MAN ON THE “STEM”
- SICKNESS AND DISEASE
- VENEREAL DISEASE
- ALCOHOLISM AND HEALTH
- THE PROBLEM OF HEALTH
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER X SEX LIFE OF THE HOMELESS MAN
- THE TRAMP AND HIS ASSOCIATIONS WITH WOMEN
- THE HOBO AND PROSTITUTION
- PERVERSION AMONG THE TRAMPS
- THE BOY TRAMP AND PERVERSION
- ATTITUDES OF THE PERVERT
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI THE HOBO AS A CITIZEN
- NATIVITY, NATURALIZATION, AND PATRIOTISM
- THE HOBO AND HIS VOTE
- THE HOMELESS MAN AND THE LAW
- THE PRIVATE POLICE
- WHAT THE TRAMP THINKS OF THE PRIVATE POLICE
- ATTITUDE OF THE PRIVATE POLICE
- THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND THE TRAMP
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART IV
- CHAPTER XII PERSONALITIES OF HOBOHEMIA
- DR. JAMES EADS HOW, “THE MILLIONAIRE HOBO”
- DR. BEN L. REITMAN, “THE KING OF THE HOBOS”
- JOHN X. KELLY, SOAP-BOXER AND ORGANIZER
- MICHAEL C. WALSH, ORGANIZER AND PROMOTER
- DANIEL HORSLEY, “PROFESSOR” AND BOOKDEALER
- A. W. DRAGSTEDT, “THE HOBO INTELLECTUAL”
- CHARLES W. LANGSMAN, EXPONENT OF LOVE
- JOHN VAN DE WATER, THE FRIEND OF THE DESERVING
- BRIGADIER J. E. ATKINS AND THE SALVATION ARMY HOTELS
- DR. JOHNSTON MYERS AND THE IMMANUEL PLAN
- THE GREENSTEINS AND “MOTHER’S RESTAURANT”
- HOBO LEADERSHIP
- CHAPTER XIII THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE HOBO
- THE HOBO WRITER
- THE “INDUSTRIAL SOLIDARITY”
- THE “HOBO NEWS”
- CHAPTER XIV HOBO SONGS AND BALLADS
- WANDERLUST
- POEMS OF PROTEST
- THE HOBO’S OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON LIFE
- BATTLE SONGS OF THE HOBOS
- HOBO VERSE IN A LIGHTER VEIN
- POETRY AND HOBO SOLIDARITY
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XV THE SOAP BOX AND THE OPEN FORUM
- STREET SPEAKING IN HOBOHEMIA
- EDUCATING THE PROLETARIAT
- SOAP-BOX ETHICS AND TACTICS
- FREE-LANCE VERSATILITY
- THE OPEN FORUM
- THE SOAP BOX AND HOBO OPINION
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVI SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HOBO ORGANIZATION
- INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
- APPEAL OF THE I.W.W.
- CHICAGO’S ATTITUDE TO I.W.W.
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WELFARE ASSOCIATION
- “HOBO COLLEGE”
- HOLDING COMMITTEE
- CO-OPERATIVE “FLOPS”
- RÔLE PLAYED BY HOW
- MIGRATORY WORKERS’ UNION
- UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN LABORERS
- BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF RAMBLERS
- HOBO CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENTS
- FAILURE OF HOBO ORGANIZATIONS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVII MISSIONS AND WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS
- TYPES OF MISSIONS[67]
- MAKING CONVERTS
- PERMANENT, PERIODIC, AND TEMPORARY CONVERTS
- MISSION BREAD LINES
- WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS
- THE HOMELESS MAN AND RELIGION
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIXES
- APPENDIX A SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FINDINGS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX B DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS
- CHAPTER I. HOBOHEMIA DEFINED
- CHAPTER II. THE JUNGLES: THE HOMELESS MAN ABROAD
- CHAPTER III. THE LODGING HOUSE: THE HOMELESS MAN AT HOME
- CHAPTER IV. “GETTING BY” IN HOBOHEMIA
- CHAPTER V. WHY DO MEN LEAVE HOME?
- CHAPTER VI. THE HOBO AND THE TRAMP
- CHAPTER VII. THE HOME GUARD AND THE BUM
- CHAPTER VIII. WORK
- CHAPTER IX. HEALTH
- CHAPTER X. SEX LIFE
- CHAPTER XI. CITIZENSHIP
- CHAPTER XII. HOBOHEMIAN PERSONALITIES
- CHAPTER XIII. THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE HOBO
- CHAPTER XIV. HOBO SONGS AND BALLADS
- CHAPTER XV. THE SOAP BOX AND THE OPEN FORUM
- CHAPTER XVI. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
- CHAPTER XVII. MISSIONS AND WELFARE AGENCIES
- APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- APPENDIX C BIBLIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WANDERLUST AND VAGRANCY
- THE LABOR MARKET AND INDUSTRIAL MOBILITY
- THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND VAGRANCY
- THE I.W.W. AND THE CASUAL LABORER
- MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF THE HOBO AND THE TRAMP
- STUDIES OF THE HOMELESS MAN IN CHICAGO
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX
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