The Polish Peasant in Europe and America as a Study of Civil Incorporation and Nation-Building Cover Image

Chłop polski w Europie i Ameryce jako studium inkorporacji grup społecznych i budowania wspólnoty narodowej
The Polish Peasant in Europe and America as a Study of Civil Incorporation and Nation-Building

Author(s): Chad Alan Goldberg
Subject(s): Sociology, History and theory of sociology, Social Theory, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Polish Peasant; Chicago School; social disorganization; urban sociology;

Summary/Abstract: The Polish Peasant in Europe and America, a sprawling masterpiece co-authored by W.I. Thomas and F. Znaniecki and published in five volumes between 1918 and 1921, is a widely acknowledged classic of interwar sociology. One of its signal contributions, and a key reason for its classic status, is what James Carey, in his book on the Chicago school of sociology, calls the social disorganization paradigm. In the United States, the Chicago school of sociology subsequently applied this paradigm to interpret a variety of urban social problems in the 1920s and early 1930s, and it remains influential in studies of crime and violence in American sociology today.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 143-159
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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