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Nels Anderson was a pioneer in the study of the homeless. In the
early 1920s Anderson combined his own experience "on the bummery,"
with his keen sociological insight to give voice to a largely
ignored underclass. He remains an extraordinary and underrated
figure in the history of American sociology.
"On Hobos and Homelessness" includes Anderson's rich and vibrant
ethnographic work of a world of homeless men. He conducted his
study on Madison street in Chicago, and we come to intimately know
this portion of the 1920s hobo underworld--the harshness of vagrant
life and the adventures of young hobos who come to the big city.
This selection also includes Anderson's later work on the juvenile
and the tramp, the unattached migrant, and the family. Like John
Steinbeck's Depression-era observations, Anderson's writings
express the memory of those who do not seem entitled to have
memory, whose lives were expressed in temporary labor.
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