The Chicago School of urban sociology have been tremendously influential in the study of cities. This episode discusses some aspects of their work.

Further reading:

M. P. Smith, The City and Social Theory, New York, 1979

Peter Saunders, Social Theory and the Urban Question, London, 1981

Robert Park, E.W.Burgess, R.D.McKenzie, The City: Suggestions for the Study of Human Nature in the Urban Environment, Chicago, 1925

Richard Sennett (ed), Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities, New York, 1969