The City Initiates the Study of Urban Ecology
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Science, Social Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Sociology, Sociologists, Cities, Urbanization, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Chicago
- Date: 1925
Article abstract: The City, one of the most important urban studies of its time, helped propel the Chicago school of sociology to national prominence with its emphasis on urban ecology.
Summary of Event
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 1925 revelation that the United States had become predominantly urban coincided with publication of The City, by sociologist Robert Park, with the help of Ernest W. Burgess and Roderick McKenzie. Park and Burgess had already written An Introduction to the Science of Sociology (1921), which proved to be America’s...
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