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The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man

Chapter 63: 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:

[29] The term “punk” is an instance; it had a special meaning at one time but is beginning to have a milder and more general use and the term “lamb” is taking its place.

[30] Mother Delcassee of the Hobos, pp. 43-44.

[31] The unemployables are a more or less permanent class and do not come and go with the seasons as do the employables. Able-bodied employables are an effect of economic depression.

[32] Estimates vary; Lescohier (Commons, Trade Unionism and Labor Problems, 133) gives the number as “more than half a million men,” while Speek (Annals of the American Academy, 1917) refers to estimates that go as high as five million.

[33] See p. 14 n.

[34] These numbers indicate the number of visits rather than the number of separate individuals since a certain proportion of men visit Chicago two or more times during the year.