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Author Gans, Herbert J.

Title The urban villagers : group and class in the life of Italian-Americans / by Herbert J. Gans.

Imprint New York : Free Press of Glencoe, 1962.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  301.45 G199U    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 367 pages ; 22 cm
Physical Medium 8vo. rdabf
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-358) and indexes.
Contents Part one. Introduction. The West End: an urban village -- The Italians of the West End: place, class, culture, and social structure -- Part two. The peer group society. The family -- The peer group and the individual -- The community -- The outside world: work, education, and medical care -- The caretakers: missionaries from the outside world -- The politicians: ambassadors to the outside world -- Consumer goods and the mass media: selective acceptance of the outside world -- The peer group society in process.
Part three. The West Enders and American Society. The subcultures of the working class, lower class, and middle class -- An evaluation of the class subcultures and implications for planning and caretaking -- Part four. Epilogue. Redevelopment of the West End -- An evaluation of the redevelopment plan and process.
Processing Action Self-Renewing 2017 UoY
Subject Sociology, Urban.
Italian Americans -- Massachusetts.
Social Class. (DNLM)D012923
Urban Population. (DNLM)D014505
Ethnicity. (DNLM)D005006
Massachusetts. (DNLM)D008404
Italian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00980419
Sociology, Urban. (OCoLC)fst01123961
Massachusetts. (OCoLC)fst01204307
Italianen.
Sociale structuur.
Imigrantes Italianos (Sociologia)
Added Author Buonanno, Vincent J., donor. CtHT
Other Form: Online version: Gans, Herbert J. Urban villagers. [New York] Free Press of Glencoe [1962] (OCoLC)569003391
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