The City
The City
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The City by Robert E Park
First published in 1925, The City is a trailblazing text in the fields of urban history, urban sociology, and urban studies. Its innovative combination of ethnographic observation and social science theory epitomized the Chicago School of Sociology. Robert E. Park, Ernest W. Burgess, and their collaborators documented the interplay between individuals and larger social structures and institutions, seeking patterns within the city's riot of people, events, and influences. As sociologist Robert J. Sampson notes in his new foreword, though much has changed since The City was first published, we can still benefit from its charge to explain where and why social and racial groups live as they do.
"It is a classic which remains relevant largely because it poses questions still unresolved"--praise for previous edition "Choice " "One is still impressed by the relevance of certain chapters, particularly the way in which urban problems are descriptively yet perceptively presented, a relevance that applies to the problems as much as their academic study."--praise for previous edition "Urban Studies " "[The City] is decidedly more than a description of the objective features of city life. It is a scientific analysis of the forces and elements that go to produce our urban civilization. . . . Park and Burgess have rendered an exceedingly valuable service."--praise for previous edition "Social Forces "
Robert E. Park (1864-1944) and Ernest W. Burgess (1886-1966) were pioneering urban sociologists who taught at the University of Chicago.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780226636504 |
| ISBN 10 | 022663650X |
| Title | The City |
| Author | Robert E Park |
| Series | Heritage Of Sociology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2019-04-16 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |