1889 シカゴ市に生まれる
1900年代中葉 放浪の生活に入る
1910年前後 ユタ州を放浪中にモルモン家族と知り合う。ブリンガム・ヤング大学のカレッジに進学
1915 シカゴ市に戻る
1923 シカゴ大学シリーズ第一作として『ホーボー』刊行
1930 『スラムの社会的背景’ニューヨーク・マンハッタン島におけるハレム東地区に関する研究』（The Social Anttecedents of the Slum: A devlopmental study of the east Harlem area of Manhattan Islands, New York City.）でニューヨーク大学博士号（教育学）
1934-1941 Work Progress Administration, WPA.
1943-45 船員社会事業プロジェクト（フィリピン、ソビエトなど）
1945-53 ドイツ労働組合復興事業
1953-62 ユネスコ
1963 カナダ・ニューファウンドランド・メモリアル大学教授（74歳）
1976 カナダ・ニューブラウンズウィック大学（〜84歳）
1986 死去
- An investigation of the effect of using tape recorded aural models for home practice on selected sight reading and performance skills of six th grade clarinet students / by James Nels Anderson. -- University Mic rofilms International, 1979
- Desert saints : the Mormon frontier in Utah / by Nels Anderson. -- Uni versity of Chicago Press, 1966
- Dimensions of work : the sociology of a work culture / Nels Anderson. -- D. McKay, 1964. -- (McKay social science series)
- Le Hobo: sociologie du sans-abri / Nels Anderson ; traduit par Annie B rigant . L'empilisme irreductible / par Olivier Schwartz. -- Nathan, 1 993. -- (Collection essais & recherches ; . Serie "Sciences humaines" / dirigee par Francois de Singly)
- Man's work and leisure / Nels Anderson. -- Brill, 1974. -- (Monographs and theoretical studies in sociology and anthropology in honour of Ne ls Anderson ; publication 4)
- Men on the move / by Nels Anderson. -- Da Capo Press, 1974. -- (Frankl in D. Roosevelt and the era of the New Deal)
- On hobos and homelessness / Nels Anderson ; edited and with an introdu ction by Raffaele Rauty ; : hbk, : pbk. -- University of Chicago Press , 1998. -- (The Heritage of sociology)
- Our industrial urban civilization. -- Asia Publishing House, 1964. -- (Essays in social sciences ; no. 1)
- Recherches sur la famille = Studies of the family = Untersuchungen ube r die Familie ; v. 1. -- J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1956. -- (Schrift enreihe des Unesco-Institutes fur Sozialwissenschaften Koln ; Bd. 3)
- Sociologia de la comunidad urbana : una perspectiva mundial / Nels And erson ; [traduccion de Marti Soler-Vinyes]. -- [1. ed.]. -- Fondo de C ultura Economica, 1965. -- (Seccion de obras de sociologia)
- Studies in multilingualism / edited by Nels Anderson. -- E.J. Brill, 1 969. -- (International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 8)
- The American hobo : an autobiography / Nels Anderson. -- Brill, 1975. -- (Monographs and theoretical studies in sociology and anthropology i n honour of Nels Anderson ; publication 9)
- The disabled man and his vocational adjustment : a study of the types of jobs held by 4,404 orthopedic cases in relation to the specific dis ability / by Roy N. Anderson. -- Institute for the Crippled and Disabl ed, 1932
- The hobo : the sociology of the homeless man / by Nels Anderson. -- Un iversity of Chicago Press, 1923
- The industrial urban community : historical and comparative perspectiv es / Nels Anderson. -- Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971
- The right to work / Nels Anderson. -- Modern Age Books, 1938
- The urban community : a world perspective / Nels Anderson. -- Henry Ho lt, 1959. -- (A Holt-Dryden book)
- Trends in American sociology / edited by George A. Lundberg, Read Bain and Nels Anderson. -- Harper, 1929. -- (Harper's social science serie s)
- Urban sociology : an introduction to the study of urban communities / by Nels Anderson and Eduard C. Lindeman. -- Alfred A. Knopf, 1928
- Urbanism and urbanization / edited by Nels Anderson. -- Brill, 1964. - - (International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 2)
- Work and leisure / Nels Anderson. -- Routledge & K. Paul, 1961. -- (In ternational library of sociology and social reconstruction)
- Work and leisure / by Nels Anderson. -- Routledge, 1998. -- (Internati onal library of sociology ; 166 . The sociology of work and organizati on ; 17)
- ホーボー : ホームレスの人たちの社会学 / N・アンダーソン著 ; 広田康生訳 ; 上, 下. -- ハーベスト社, 1999. -- (シカゴ都市社会学古典シリーズ ; N o.3)
- ホボ : 無宿者に關する社會学的研究 / ネルス・アンダーソン著 ; 東京市社 会局訳. -- 東京市社会局, 1930
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広田康生「訳者あとがき」アンダーソン『ホーボー（下）』ハーベスト社、Pp.214-223,2000年
Nels Anderson, Sociology Department, University of New Brunswick
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