The Urban Society and Civilization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2200836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis Wirth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1940 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 743-755 |
| Publication date | 1940-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/218450 |
| OpenAlex | W2090922833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
By placing the understanding of the city into the center of social science research interests at the University of Chicago we have acquired a perspective for the comprehension of the salient problems not only of urban civilization but of contemporary society as a whole. The urban community offers an economical field for social science research and a suitable platform from which to view the two poles of human existence: the civilization which has grown up in cities and the culture of folk societies. The methods approprite to these two phases of social life differ for reasons inherent in the data themselves. The use of statistical techniques, representative samples, an personal documents is largely confined to urban societies. The Chicago studies have profited by the older theories concerning social structure but have relied predominantly upon empirical evidence. The studies which have been given a systematic framework through Park's 1915 paper on "The City" have ranged from the ecological and economic to the cultural and political aspects of the metropolis. These research enterprises have yielded a wealth of knowledge about Chicago and about cities and modern civilization. They have, in addition, helped significantly in advancing the theoretical and methodological phases of empirical social science research
Civilization · Comprehension · Empirical research · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Political science · Politics · Salient · Social science · Sociology · Urban sociology · Law · Urban Studies · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Imigração e relações raciais na cidade moderna
Urban History
Louis Wirth
The City in the Second Testament
W irth, L ouis
Number of siblings and intellectual development
The creative processes in the cities
Urbanism, Urbanization and Acculturation
Place after prison
General assistance among U.S. cities
The Location of Culture
Finding the Global City
Bystander Apathy and the Territorial Imperative
Kids These Days
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1951 - 2025 (75) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |