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A Network Pilgrim’s Progress: Twenty-Six Realizations in Fifty-Five Years

from III - Later Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

By
Barry Wellman ,
Keith N. Hampton ,
Anabel Quan-Haase  and
Molly-Gloria Harper
Edited by
Mario L. Small ,
Brea L. Perry ,
Bernice Pescosolido  and
Edward B. Smith
Mario L. Small
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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Summary

In the streets of my Bronx hometown, we were full of community coming from three things: hanging out on neighborhood streets, frequent phone calls, and driving on weekends to visit relatives and friends.

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Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
 , pp. 282 - 295
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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