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Whyte, William Foote

1914–2000

1 standalone book

William Foote Whyte (1914–2000) was an American sociologist chiefly known for his ethnographic study in urban sociology, Street Corner Society. A proponent of participant observation, he lived for four years in an Italian community in Boston's North End while a Junior Fellow at Harvard, researching the social relations of street gangs.

Born
1914

Books by Whyte, William Foote

  1. Street Corner Society

    1943

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