The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe
by OpenStories
Original author: Booker T. Washington
"The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe" by Booker T. Washington is a book published in 1911. Written with sociologist Robert E. Park, it documents their European travels investigating the lives of the urban poor in industrial centers and marginalized communities including Jews and Roma people. This cross-racial collaboration between a prominent African-American educator and white sociologist examines Europe's working class struggles while offering insights into the conditions driving mass immigration to America.
The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe, by Booker T. Washington. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #61223.
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20 Chapters
- 1.Chapter I: Hunting the Man Farthest Down3,981 words
- 2.Chapter II: The Man at the Bottom in London3,634 words
- 3.Chapter III: From Petticoat Lane to Skibo Castle3,581 words
- 4.Chapter IV: First Impression of Life and Labour on the Continent3,718 words
- 5.Chapter V: Politics and Races3,526 words
- 6.Chapter VI: Strikes and Farm Labour in Italy and Hungary4,131 words
- 7.Chapter VII: Naples and the Land of the Emigrant4,144 words
- 8.Chapter VIII: The Labourer and the Land in Sicily5,360 words
- 9.Chapter IX: Women and the Wine Harvest in Sicily4,012 words
- 10.Chapter X: The Church, the People, and the Mafia5,783 words
- 11.Chapter XI: Child Labour and the Sulphur Mines5,690 words
- 12.Chapter XII: Fiume, Budapest, and the Immigrant4,879 words
- 13.Chapter XIII: Cracow and the Polish Jew5,495 words
- 14.Chapter XIV: A Polish Village in the Mountains2,763 words
- 15.Chapter XV: A Russian Border Village4,335 words
- 16.Chapter XVI: The Women Who Work in Europe5,121 words
- 17.Chapter XVII: The Organization of Country Life in Denmark4,688 words
- 18.Chapter XVIII: Reconstructing the Life of the Labourer in London4,066 words
- 19.Chapter XIX: John Burns and the Man Farthest Down in London3,764 words
- 20.Chapter XX: The Future of the Man Farthest Down3,024 words