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The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man

Chapter 19: FOOTNOTES:
By Nels Anderson
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A field-based sociological study of homeless migratory men that draws on participant observation and interviews to describe their daily strategies, itinerant labor patterns, and informal economies. It charts the social order of transient communities—norms, mutual aid, leadership, and sources of conflict—and examines interactions with employers, charities, and municipal agencies. The analysis links environmental and economic pressures to patterns of mobility and marginality and outlines practical considerations for social services and urban policy responses.

FOOTNOTES:

[3] It is interesting here to note that there is a striking parallel between the rules of the jungles and the rules of cow camps and other camps of the hills. It is the custom of the cow men of the west to maintain camps in the hills which are stocked with provisions and equipped with utensils and furnishings. These camps are usually left open and anyone who passes is welcome to spend the night, provided he puts the place in order when he leaves.

[4] The documents from which extracts have been taken are numbered consecutively in the text. For complete list of documents used in each chapter see pp. 281-88.

[5] Written by A. W. Dragstedt, secretary in 1922 of the “Hobo College” of Chicago.

[6] For a discussion of the practice of “floating” with reference to the treatment of misdemeanants, see Stuart A. Queen, The Passing of the County Jail.

[7] Final Report, p. 158.