Louis Wirth
Louis Wirth · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Pioneer of urban sociology; author of 'Urbanism as a Way of Life'
1897, Gemünden, Germany — 1952, Buffalo, New York, USA
Germany · United States
Louis Wirth is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Pioneer of urban sociology; author of 'Urbanism as a Way of Life'
Louis Wirth was a German-born American sociologist of the Chicago School and a pioneer of urban sociology, best known for the essay 'Urbanism as a Way of Life' (1938), which theorized how city size, density and heterogeneity shape social relations. He also studied minority groups and the ghetto. He was born into a Jewish family in Germany and emigrated to the United States as a teenager.
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Pioneer of urban sociology; author of 'Urbanism as a Way of Life'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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