You Owe Yourself a Drunk

Description:

An anthropological study of vagrant culture in an urban environment. Spradley offers a portrayal of skid row men in Seattle in the late sixties documenting their treatment by jails and the legal system in a time before homelessness became a recognized problem. His study in urban ethnography is an example of the direct application of distinctly anthropological concepts and methods to address real-world problems and it represents a challenge to society about our capacity to endure and accept nonconformity and social diversity. --From publisher description.

subjects: Tramps,  Seattle,  Washington (State),  Alcoholism,  Alcoholics,  Sociology, urban,  Alcoolisme,  Vagabonds,  Ethnology,  Urban ecology (sociology),  City and town life

Places: Seattle,  Washington (State)