The gang: A study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago by Frederic Milton Thrasher (2000-05-03)

By Frederic Milton Thrasher

Book Overview

While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, The Gang is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originally published in 1927, Frederic Milton Thrasher's magnum... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966515552
• ISBN13: 9780966515558
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: New Chicago School Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

History

Great history mob book.

Interesting Look at Gang Sociology

This landmark 1927 book by sociologist Frederick Milton Thrasher of the University of Chicago was considered a classic of its time. We read it for a college class, and it was pretty interesting despite a somewhat academic style. Thrasher illustrates the lifestyles of Chicago's then 1,300 street gangs (today it's about 200), most of whose members were of white immigrant stock (today its largely blacks and Latino's). As the author makes clear, 1920's gang members were known for toughness and delinquency. Still, the gangs of the 1920's weren't nationally affiliated, nor were they heavily into guns and illegal drug sales. It also seems that gang members of the 1920's were mostly teenagers - today many are well into adulthood. This book was updated in 1963, and today there is an award in the author's name (set up in 1992) to honor leadership in the fight to make our society safer from violent gangs.