Nels Anderson
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Nels Anderson | |
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Born | Chicago, IL | July 31, 1889
Died | October 8, 1986 | (aged 97)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Dean Stiff |
Occupation | Sociologist |
Nels Anderson (July 31, 1889 – October 8, 1986)[1] was an early American sociologist who studied hobos, urban culture, and work culture.
Biography
Anderson studied at the University of Chicago under Robert E. Park and Ernest Burgess, whose Concentric zone model was one of the earliest models developed to explain the organization of urban areas. Anderson's first publication, The Hobo (1923),[2] was a work that helped pioneer participant observation as a research method to reveal the features of a society and was the first field research monograph of the famed Chicago School of Sociology, marking a milepost in the discipline of Sociology. The intent of this work was to help the hobos and homeless who were facing great social and economic problems in the Chicago area. He hoped that his work would help supply some insight into the life of this "urban jungle" and would lead to a better understanding between hobos and the rest of the Chicago community.[citation needed]
Anderson received his doctorate from
During the war,[
Throughout his career, Dr. Anderson's research focused on issues of contemporary relevance such as healthy cities and marginalized people. His work is currently subject to a revival, especially in Europe, where the efficacy of an ethnographic approach to the study of society and social problems is being rediscovered.[citation needed]
A conference celebrating the 85th anniversary of the publication of The Hobo was held in May 2008.[3]
Bibliography
- Anderson, Nels (1923). The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 296. ISBN 0-7581-2355-8.
- Anderson, Nels (1928). Urban Sociology. New York: Knopf. pp. 414.
- Stiff, Dean (1931). The Milk and Honey Route: A Handbook for Hobos. New York: Vanguard Press.
- Anderson, Nels (1938). Right to Work. New York: Modern Age Books. p. 152.
- Anderson, Nels (1940). Men on the Move. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Anderson, Nels (1942). Desert Saints: The Mormon Frontier in Utah. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Anderson, Nels (1956). Studies of the family. Tübingen: Mohr.
- Anderson, Nels (1959). The Urban Community: A World Perspective. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- Anderson, Nels (1961). Work and Leisure: A Perceptive Inquiry Into Current Ways of Using Time. London: Routledge.
- Anderson, Nels (1964). Dimensions of Work: The Sociology of a Work Culture. New York: David McKay.
- Anderson, Nels (1964). Urbanism and Urbanization. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- Anderson, Nels (1969). Studies in Multilingualism. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
- Anderson, Nels (1971). The Industrial Urban Community: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. ISBN 978-0390031013.
- Anderson, Nels (1974). Man's Work and Leisure. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
- Anderson, Nels (1975). The American Hobo: an Autobiography. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 192. ISBN 90-04-04191-5.
- Anderson, Nels (1998). On Hobos and Homelessness. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 301. ISBN 0-226-01967-5.
Notes
- ^ Iverson 2009, p. 183
- ISBN 978-0-306-80743-5.
- ^ "Qualitatives 2008". UNB Department of Sociology. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
References
- Iverson, Noel (March 22, 2009), "Nels Anderson: a profile", Labour/Le Travail, 63, Canadian Committee on Labour History: 181–205, retrieved 2013-06-21
- Peterson, Charles S. (March 28, 2012), Hopeful Odyssey: Nels Anderson, Boy Hobo, Desert Saint, Wartime Diarist, Public Servant, Expatriate Sociologist (PDF), St. George, Utah: Juanite Brooks Lecture Series, archived from the original (PDF) on April 16, 2014, retrieved 2013-06-21