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INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGY

  • SIGNED
  • Chicago: University of Chicago, 1923
By Robert E. Park & Ernest W. Burgess
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1923. First edition. 1st ed 4th prtg. 1040p. Green cloth. A few traces of rubbing to covers and a few light age spots on the endpapers but otherwise a clean tight hardcover book in very good condition. Unmarked save for the neat ownership signature of Otto Windt who was a top executive with the candy company E.J. Brach. Fourth printing of the first edition of the first study of sociology. All printings of the first edition are uncommon. This is a landmark textbook in the field and was the basis for Chicago Sociology - the discipline which had a huge influence of the fieldthroughout the 20th century. The authors argue sociology is not concerned with explanatory schemes but rather with how people interact in groups.
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