first edition
1923 · Chicago
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. (Inventory #: 112695)