Most famous for his book The Urban Villagers, a participant-observation study of an Italian American community in Boston's West End.
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Article in which Gans argues that the current backlash against "the underclass" is the result of centuries of fear, misperception, scapegoating and pejorative labeling directed at the most vulnerable social class.
(October 22, 1995)
Article in which Gans argues that the current backlash against "the underclass" is the result of centuries of fear, misperception, scapegoating and pejorative labeling directed at the most vulnerable social class.
(October 22, 1995)
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