SOCB44H3 Lecture Notes - Urban Sociology, Collective Behavior, Florian Znaniecki
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Robert park, the city, some suggestions for the study of human behavior. (1916) City is an important subject for sociological investigation. There is something distinctive about the city and the way of life it creates. Time and space bound (example, berlin in the early 90s. can"t say the differences by looking at the early european cities) Chicago was the size of toronto in the 1930s, still same size. Can"t expect a city to function properly when it grew so quickly, things will be out of order. Number of people migrated, from rural areas into the city (domestic migration) Immigration from europe (eastern europe, poland, not so many from hungary, southern. They came from rural area, farms and small towns. (important to dual adjustment) Most came by boat, ships without luxuries. When they left, they felt like they left for good. The only way of communication was by letter. The founder of chicago school of urban sociology is robert park.
