PARK, Robert Ezra.

Human communities: the city and human ecology. [The collected papers of Robert Ezra Park, volume II]. Glencoe, IL, Free Press, 1952.

8vo, pp. 278; a very good copy in original blue cloth, clipped dustjacket present and in very good condition, though slightly marked and spine entirely faded.

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First edition. A work absolutely typical of Chicago School sociology, covering hobos, criminal delinquency, and using tribal ethnology (e.g. magic) in the urban context. Park, along with Ernest W. Burgess, was a leading figure of the Chicago School, co-editing the Sociological Series published by the University Press. The Free Press at Glencoe, Illinois was founded in 1947, printing classic titles of sociology.

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PARK, Robert Ezra.

Human communities: the city and human ecology. [The collected papers of Robert Ezra Park, volume II]. Glencoe, IL, Free Press, 1952.