Street Corner Society

Street Corner Society is one of a handful of works that can justifiably be called classics of sociological research. William Foote Whyte's account of the Italian American slum he called "e;Cornerville"e;-Boston's North End-has been the model for urban ethnography for fifty years.By mapping the intricate social worlds of street gangs and "e;corner boys,"e; Whyte was among the first ...