The city
by Robert E. Park and Ernest Burgess and Roderick Duncan McKenzie
- First published
- 1925
- Reading level
- Fairly demanding
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The City" by Robert E. Park, E. W. Burgess, and Roderick Duncan McKenzie is a book published in 1925. This foundational work of the Chicago School of Sociology presents a revolutionary theory: cities function like natural environments, governed by competition for scarce resources. Through intensive research on Chicago, the authors developed the concentric ring theory, proposing that urban spaces divide into distinctive ecological zones shaped by social pressures and economic forces. Their model sought to explain spatial patterns and social problems in modern American cities.
- Sociology
- Social psychology
- Cities and towns
- Sociology, Urban
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #73285. The city on Wikipedia.
