num_pages: 250
description: 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
language: English
title: The City: Suggestions for Investigation of Human Behavior in the Urban Environment
titlecomplete: The City: Suggestions for Investigation of Human Behavior in the Urban Environment
genres: Sociology, Cities, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 65
publisher: University of Chicago Press