The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless ManAnderson, Nels
General
The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man
Anderson, Nels
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions; Tramps
Organizations among hobos, 230;
failure of, 247-49
“Panhandling,” 50
Park, R. E., 82 n.
Partnerships among hobos, 147
Passing the hat, 223
Patriotism, 151
Pawn shops, 36
Peddling on street, 42
Personal degradation, 57, 65
Personality, defects of, 72-76
Perversion among tramps, 144-47
Pintner and Toops, 71, 72 n.
Poems and ballads, 194-214;
“Away from Town,” 199-200;
“Beaten Men,” 205;
Bum,” “The, 201-2;
Bum on the Rods and the Bum on the Plush,” “The, 202;
Dishwasher,” “The, 201-2;
Gila Monster Route,” “The, 194-96;
“Harvest War Song,” 208;
Hobo Knows,” “The, 203;
Hobo’s Last Lament,” “The, 212;
“Men That Don’t Fit In,” 204;
“No Matter Where You Go,” 213-14;
“Nothing to Do But Go,” 198-99;
“One Day; Some Way,” 205;
“Optimism,” 213;
“Portland County Jail,” 211;
Preacher and the Slave,” “The, 210;
Slave Market,” “The, 206-7;
Tramp,” “The, 209;
Tramp Confession,” “The, 196-98;
Wanderer,” “The, 206
Police, encounters with hobos, 156-58;
methods of, 155, 160, 164;
private, 155;
types of, 154-55
Poorhouse, aversion of hobo to, 56;
Population, turnover in Hobohemia, 13-14
Program for future action, 279
“Proletariat,” 176
Property, destruction of, 161
Prostitutes, “second raters,” 143
Prostitution, 142-43
Punk, 99, 103
Queen, Stuart A., 26 n.
Racial discrimination, 81
Radical press, 186
Raid on jungles, 23-24
Railroad yards, 8
Reitman, Ben L., 87, 102, 134 n., 143, 171, 172-73
Religion, practical, 182;
and love, 179;
and work, 180
Restaurants and lunchrooms, 33-35;
sanitary conditions of, 35
Robins, Raymond, 260
Rountree, B. Seebohm, 64 n.
Sabotage, 121
Saloons, 38-39
Salvation Army, 27-28, 250, 260
Scissor Bill, 99
Seasonal fluctuations, 63
Seasonal workers, 89-90
Second-hand clothing, 35-36
Service, Robert W., 203
Sex isolation of hobo, 144, 149
Seymour, James, 200
Short jobs, 118-19
Sickness and disease, 133
Soap-boxers, ethics and tactics of, 222-24;
and opinion, 228-29;
his rôle on stand, 229;
versatility of, 224-26
Social center for hobos, 11;
in the jungles, 16, 26
Solenberger, Alice W., 9 n., 71, 87, 125-26
_Solidarity_, the _Industrial_, 190-91
State farm colony, 277
Stealing, petty, 51
Street speaking, 216-20;
lectures, 220
Strike jobs, 120-21
Summary and findings, 265-79
Terman, L. M., 71 n.
Testimonies of converts, 256
Thornburn, Charles, 205
Tramp, the, 93-95
Tramping, a man’s game, 137
Tucker, St. John, 87
Tugwell, Rexford, 82
Types, rendezvous of, 5, 7, 9;
of homeless men, 105;
numbers of each in Chicago, 105-6;
of peddlers, 42-43
Unemployables, 104
Unemployment, 64-65
United Charities, 259
Vagrancy, explanation of, 85-86;
in small towns, 163
Van de Water, John, 171, 179-80
Vaudeville, 37
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