The City: Suggestions for Investigation of Human Behavior in the Urban Environment (Heritage of Sociology Series)

About this book

The City first published in 1925 and reprinted here in its entirety is a cross-section of concerns of the Chicago urban school during the period of its most intense activity. Park and Burgess realized that ecological and economic factors were converted into a social organization by the traditions and aspirations of city dwellers. In their efforts to achieve objectivity these sociologists never lost sight of the values that propel human beings. "It is a classic which remains relevant largely because it poses questions still unresolved."Choice