SOCB44H3 Lecture Notes - Social Disorganization Theory, Florian Znaniecki, Hobo
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Contributions city is an important subject for sociological investigation something distinctive about the city and the way of life it creates. Limitations time and space bound (e. g. overcrowding in berlin before 20th century) contradictory claims. Early sociologists investigate when a city grows that large. Shock city of the early 20th century : migration (moving from the farm to the big city, dual adjustment that immigrants and migrants make immigration (from eastern europe - poland, southern europe - italy) Robert park the city, some suggestions for the study of human behavior (1916) father of urban sociology. His colleague: burgess looked over his books. By william thomas (well known social sociologist) and florien znaniecki (polish) E. g. case: murder: rare in polish peasant. = social context outside of the community is superficial that makes no regards to violence: many of these people lived in boarding houses.
