Hustlers Beats and Others

Sociologist's exploration of various countercultures "from pool hustling to pornography", and including a long section on the Greenwich Village "Beat Scene" in the Summer of 1960. The classic study of deviance, from poolrooms and hustlers to beats, jazz musicians, and pornographers. Hustlers, Beats, and Others, Ned Polsky, Ranging from pool hustling to pornography, this book analyzes deviant branches of American life, dispels misconceptions about them, and describes sociological theory and method. It examines the alleged causes for the decline of American poolrooms, and traces the rise and fall of poolrooms to historical changes in America's social structure.