SOC232H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hull House, Urban Studies, Florian Znaniecki
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Jane addams focused on the needs of the poor especially women. The settlement as a factor in the labor movement . Talks about the sewing trades in hull house. An american dilemma is a critique of the social and economic biases of racial conflict in the us. Negro problem as a moral issue is from the intro of his book where he talks about the rationalism and moralism americans have in their american creed . Americans think under americans think under influence of nation and church influence of individual. In these kinds of murders there is always a reaction to some present or past act of aggression. Thrasher studied urban studies (i. e. gangs book 1,313 gangs in chicago) Personality and status within the gang personality and physique are determinants in gang status; individual differences characterize the members of the group. Every gang member fits an individual niche that previous experience in the gang has determined for him.
