num_pages: 152
description: This work provides a review of Wirth's life based on available biographical sources including unpublished materials. It focuses on Wirth's social, political, and professional evolution, and depicts his personal development through his scholarship, his social activism, and his commitment to reform. The biography concludes with an assessment of Wirth's intellectual impact on urban sociology and reviews of recent critiques of his works.
language: English
title: Louis Wirth: A Bio-Bibliography
titlecomplete: Louis Wirth: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Sociology)
publisher: Greenwood