- Wanted at first to do expenditure of Italian poor as in Economics
- Economics became Sociology - joined into slum life
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- Hung about with corner boys
- On street corners and around shops
- College boys wanted an education - get out of the slum.
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- Doc was the Nortons' gang leader
- Everyone knew Bill was writing a book
- Doc protected Bill, legitimised Bill's place
- Doc told Bill how to look, act and speak
- Doc advised William Whyte not to ask awkward questions
- who, what , why, when, where
- Wait for the information to emerge
- He even trained him in research methods!
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- Doc changed his behaviour
- With "Bill" around Doc thought about what was wanted and how to explain it
- Whyte wrote about fully this in the Appendix
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- Whyte became like a member of the corner gang
- He moved into Cornerville
- Losing his research purpose, he moved away
- He was, after all, a researcher
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- Leading members of the gang achieved higher scores from bowling!
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- Whyte was unsure when to stop the research
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- There is interpretivism:
- Street corner gang
- Racketeering
- College boys
- There is also some social structure:
- Structure of society
- Social mobility
- Local politics
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