The City (Heritage of Sociology Series) - Softcover

Park, Robert E.; Burgess, Ernest W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 022663650X ISBN 13: 9780226636504

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2019

Synopsis

First published in 1925, The City is a trailblazing text in 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 were among the first to document the interplay between urban 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 individuals and social groups live as they do.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert E. Park (1864–1944) and Ernest W. Burgess (1886–1966) were pioneering urban sociologists who taught at the University of Chicago.

Review:

“It is a classic which remains relevant largely because it poses questions still unresolved.” (praise for previous edition Choice)

“[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)

“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)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 022663650X
• ISBN 13: 9780226636504
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256