The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man

About this eBook

Author

Anderson, Nels, 1889-1986

Original Publication

United States: University of Chicago Press,1923.

Credits

hekula03, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67300

Release Date

February 1, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.THE HOBO
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.EDITOR’S PREFACE
9. 9.COMMITTEE’S PREFACE
10. 10.FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.TABLE OF CONTENTS
12. 12.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
13. 13.PART I
14. 14.CHAPTER I HOBOHEMIA DEFINED — “MAIN STEMS” — THE “SLAVE MARKET” — HOBOHEMIA’S PLAYGROUND — “BUGHOUSE SQUARE” — A “JUNGLE” ON THE LAKE FRONT — WHY MEN COME TO CHICAGO — THE PROBLEM DEFINED IN TERMS OF NUMBERS
15. 15.FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER II THE JUNGLES: THE HOMELESS MAN ABROAD — LOCATION AND TYPES OF JUNGLES — THE LAWS OF THE JUNGLE — THE MELTING POT OF TRAMPDOM
17. 17.FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER III THE LODGING-HOUSE: THE HOMELESS MAN AT HOME — THE “FLOPHOUSE” — RESTAURANTS AND LUNCHROOMS — OUTFITTING STORES AND CLOTHING EXCHANGES — PAWN SHOPS — MOVIES AND BURLESQUES — BARBER COLLEGES AND BARBERS — BOOKSTORES — SALOONS AND SOFT DRINK STANDS — THE HOUSING PROBLEM
19. 19.CHAPTER IV “GETTING BY” IN HOBOHEMIA — WORKING AT ODD JOBS — PEDDLING A DEVICE FOR “GETTING BY” — STREET FAKING — GRAFTS OLD AND NEW — “WORKING THE FOLKS” — “WHITE COLLAR” BEGGING — BORROWING AND BEGGING — STEALING — “JACK ROLLING” — “GETTING BY” IN WINTER — THE GAME OF “GETTING BY”
20. 20.FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.PART II
22. 22.CHAPTER V WHY DO MEN LEAVE HOME? — SEASONAL WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT — THE INDUSTRIALLY INADEQUATE — DEFECTS OF PERSONALITY — CRISES IN THE LIFE OF THE PERSON — RACIAL AND NATIONAL DISCRIMINATION — WANDERLUST — THE MULTIPLE EXPLANATION
23. 23.FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER VI THE HOBO AND THE TRAMP — THE SEASONAL WORKER — THE HOBO — THE TRAMP
25. 25.FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER VII THE HOME GUARD AND THE BUM — THE HOME GUARD — THE BUM — OTHER TYPES OF HOMELESS MEN — RELATIVE NUMBERS OF DIFFERENT TYPES
27. 27.FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.CHAPTER VIII WORK — JOB HUNTING AMONG THE CASUAL WORKERS — PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES — PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES — THE CASUALIZATION OF LABOR — A NATIONAL PROBLEM — A CLEARING HOUSE FOR HOMELESS MEN
29. 29.FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.PART III
31. 31.CHAPTER IX HEALTH — THE PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE — THE HOBO’S HEALTH ON THE JOB — THE HEALTH OF THE MAN ON THE “STEM” — SICKNESS AND DISEASE — VENEREAL DISEASE — ALCOHOLISM AND HEALTH — THE PROBLEM OF HEALTH
32. 32.FOOTNOTES:
33. 33.CHAPTER X SEX LIFE OF THE HOMELESS MAN — THE TRAMP AND HIS ASSOCIATIONS WITH WOMEN — THE HOBO AND PROSTITUTION — PERVERSION AMONG THE TRAMPS — THE BOY TRAMP AND PERVERSION — ATTITUDES OF THE PERVERT
34. 34.FOOTNOTES:
35. 35.CHAPTER XI THE HOBO AS A CITIZEN — NATIVITY, NATURALIZATION, AND PATRIOTISM — THE HOBO AND HIS VOTE — THE HOMELESS MAN AND THE LAW — THE PRIVATE POLICE — WHAT THE TRAMP THINKS OF THE PRIVATE POLICE — ATTITUDE OF THE PRIVATE POLICE — THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND THE TRAMP
36. 36.FOOTNOTES:
37. 37.PART IV
38. 38.CHAPTER XII PERSONALITIES OF HOBOHEMIA — DR. JAMES EADS HOW, “THE MILLIONAIRE HOBO” — DR. BEN L. REITMAN, “THE KING OF THE HOBOS” — JOHN X. KELLY, SOAP-BOXER AND ORGANIZER — MICHAEL C. WALSH, ORGANIZER AND PROMOTER — DANIEL HORSLEY, “PROFESSOR” AND BOOKDEALER — A. W. DRAGSTEDT, “THE HOBO INTELLECTUAL” — CHARLES W. LANGSMAN, EXPONENT OF LOVE — JOHN VAN DE WATER, THE FRIEND OF THE DESERVING — BRIGADIER J. E. ATKINS AND THE SALVATION ARMY HOTELS — DR. JOHNSTON MYERS AND THE IMMANUEL PLAN — THE GREENSTEINS AND “MOTHER’S RESTAURANT” — HOBO LEADERSHIP
39. 39.CHAPTER XIII THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE HOBO — THE HOBO WRITER — THE “INDUSTRIAL SOLIDARITY” — THE “HOBO NEWS”
40. 40.CHAPTER XIV HOBO SONGS AND BALLADS — WANDERLUST — POEMS OF PROTEST — THE HOBO’S OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON LIFE — BATTLE SONGS OF THE HOBOS — HOBO VERSE IN A LIGHTER VEIN — POETRY AND HOBO SOLIDARITY
41. 41.FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.CHAPTER XV THE SOAP BOX AND THE OPEN FORUM — STREET SPEAKING IN HOBOHEMIA — EDUCATING THE PROLETARIAT — SOAP-BOX ETHICS AND TACTICS — FREE-LANCE VERSATILITY — THE OPEN FORUM — THE SOAP BOX AND HOBO OPINION
43. 43.FOOTNOTES:
44. 44.CHAPTER XVI SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HOBO ORGANIZATION — INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD — APPEAL OF THE I.W.W. — CHICAGO’S ATTITUDE TO I.W.W. — INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WELFARE ASSOCIATION — “HOBO COLLEGE” — HOLDING COMMITTEE — CO-OPERATIVE “FLOPS” — RÔLE PLAYED BY HOW — MIGRATORY WORKERS’ UNION — UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN LABORERS — BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF RAMBLERS — HOBO CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENTS — FAILURE OF HOBO ORGANIZATIONS
45. 45.FOOTNOTES:
46. 46.CHAPTER XVII MISSIONS AND WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS — TYPES OF MISSIONS [67] — MAKING CONVERTS — PERMANENT, PERIODIC, AND TEMPORARY CONVERTS — MISSION BREAD LINES — WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS — THE HOMELESS MAN AND RELIGION
47. 47.FOOTNOTES:
48. 48.APPENDIXES
49. 49.APPENDIX A SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS — FINDINGS — RECOMMENDATIONS
50. 50.FOOTNOTES:
51. 51.APPENDIX B DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS — CHAPTER I. HOBOHEMIA DEFINED — CHAPTER II. THE JUNGLES: THE HOMELESS MAN ABROAD — CHAPTER III. THE LODGING HOUSE: THE HOMELESS MAN AT HOME — CHAPTER IV. “GETTING BY” IN HOBOHEMIA — CHAPTER V. WHY DO MEN LEAVE HOME? — CHAPTER VI. THE HOBO AND THE TRAMP — CHAPTER VII. THE HOME GUARD AND THE BUM — CHAPTER VIII. WORK — CHAPTER IX. HEALTH — CHAPTER X. SEX LIFE — CHAPTER XI. CITIZENSHIP — CHAPTER XII. HOBOHEMIAN PERSONALITIES — CHAPTER XIII. THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE HOBO — CHAPTER XIV. HOBO SONGS AND BALLADS — CHAPTER XV. THE SOAP BOX AND THE OPEN FORUM — CHAPTER XVI. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS — CHAPTER XVII. MISSIONS AND WELFARE AGENCIES — APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
52. 52.APPENDIX C BIBLIOGRAPHY — HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WANDERLUST AND VAGRANCY — THE LABOR MARKET AND INDUSTRIAL MOBILITY — THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND VAGRANCY — THE I.W.W. AND THE CASUAL LABORER — MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF THE HOBO AND THE TRAMP — STUDIES OF THE HOMELESS MAN IN CHICAGO
53. 53.FOOTNOTES:
54. 54.Untitled
55. 55.INDEX
56. 56.Untitled

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