Abstract
I revisit one of the iconic Chicago School studies, Clifford Shaw's The Jack-Roller. A naive reading of Shaw's book leaves the reader with a sense of having been inducted into a melange of what we now know as "sociology" and "social work," but which to Shaw seems a coherent stance. I suggest that this is close to the heart of how things were, and not a temporary distortion in the distinct histories of sociology and social work. I develop and illustrate this argument through a hidden history of an intellectual case for reciprocity between the two disciplines as seen in some barely noticed work of Ernest Burgess. I conclude with a suggested rereading of The Jack-Roller that supports a relationship between sociology and social work based on egalitarian respect and a commitment to practicing history in the sense of positioning ourselves in a historical context.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1241-1264 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Qualitative inquiry |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- Chicago school
- Burgess
- social work
- The Jack-Roller
- Edith Abbott
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