William Foote Whyte (1914–2000)

Author of Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum

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William Foote Whyte has been a professor of sociology at Cornell University's New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations since 1948. His books include Men at Work, Organizing for Agricultural Development, and the classic Street Corner Society. Whyte was one of the first social show more scientists to study human relations in industry. He has called himself a "sociologist who uses anthropological field methods to try to figure out what is going on." show less

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Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum (1955) 251 copies, 1 review

Making Mondragón: The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex (1988) 64 copies

Learning from the Field: A Guide from Experience (1984) 27 copies

Participatory action research (1990) 16 copies

Participant Observer: An Autobiography (ILR Press Books) (1994) 6 copies

Men at work (1974) 5 copies

Worker Participation and Ownership: Cooperative Strategies for Strengthening Local Economies (I L R PAPERBACK) (1983) 4 copies

Money and motivation; an analysis of incentives in industry 3 copies

Industry and Society. (Chicago. University. Committee on Human Relations in Industr) (1971) 3 copies

Creative problem solving in the field : reflections on a career (1997) 2 copies

Human Relations in the Restaurant Industry (Work, Its Rewards and Discontents) (1977) 2 copies

Social Theory for Action: How Individuals and Organizations Learn to Change (1993) 2 copies

Köşebaşı Toplumu (2017) 2 copies

PATTERN INDUSTRIAL PEACE (Continuity in Administrative Science. Ancestral Books in the Management of Organizations) (1987) 1 copy

Man and organization; three problems in human relations in industry 1 copy

Action research for management : a case report on research and action in industry 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1914-06-27
Date of death: 2000-07-16
Gender: male

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Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an… by William Foote Whyte

Former NYPD chief John F. Timoney has chosen to discuss William Foote Whyte's Street Corner Society on FiveBooks as one of the top five on his subject - Policing, saying that:

“…To the average person corner boys are up to no good, but one corner boy, Doc, takes the author under his wing for a year and a half. Whyte learns that things are not as simple as they appear on the corner. The group is much more complex than you’d expect, with rules and regulations, leaders and deputy leaders, and due deference. Whyte tries to ingratiate himself with his new crowd by cursing and using the F word – this is, if you will, a Harvard boy’s perception of how one might fit in on the corner. However, Doc chastises him for doing so and indicates that more is expected of a Harvard boy…”

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