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The city
by Park, Robert Ezra, Burgess, E. W. (Ernest Watson), McKenzie, Roderick Duncan
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- Language
- en
About this book
Creators: Robert Ezra Park (1864-1944), E. W. Burgess (1886-1966), Roderick Duncan McKenzie (1885-1940), and Louis Wirth (1897-1952) [Contributor] "The City" by Robert E. Park, E. W. Burgess, and Roderick Duncan McKenzie is a book published in 1925. This foundational work of the Chicago School of Sociology presents a revolutionary theory: cities function like natural environments, governed by competition for scarce resources. Through intensive research on Chicago, the authors developed the concentric ring theory, proposing that urban spaces divide into distinctive ecological zones shaped by social pressures and economic forces. Their model sought to explain spatial patterns and social problems in modern American cities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 53.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1148