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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 mélange 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.

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