The Reportage of Urban Culture: Robert Park and the Chicago School

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-521-44052-3
Verlag: CAMBRIDGE

Buch, Englisch, Band 43, 255 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Ideas in Context

Fascination with urban life has encouraged a growing interest in the 'Chicago School' of sociology by students of sociological history. It is generally accepted that the field research practised by the Chicago sociologists during the 1920s - the 'Golden Age of Chicago sociology' - used methods borrowed from anthropology. However, Rolf Lindner also argues convincingly that the orientation of urban research advocated by Robert Park, the key figure in the Chicago School and himself a former reporter, is ultimately indebted to the tradition of urban reportage. The Reportage of Urban Culture goes beyond a thorough reconstruction of the relationship between journalism and sociology. It shows how the figure of the city reporter at the turn of the century represents a different way of looking at life, and reflects a transformation in American culture, from rejecting variety to embracing it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindner, Rolf

Skinner, Quentin

Tully, James

Weitere Mitwirkende

Morris, Adrian

Gaines, Jeremy

Chalmers, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: 1. 'News': the reporter and the new; 2. The sociologist as city editor: Robert Ezra Park; 3. Reporters in depth: a comparison of journalistic and sociological studies; Part II: 4. Marginality and experience; 5. 'To see life': the cultural undercurrent; 6. Uncle Sam and young Sammy: sociology between reform and report; Bibliography; Indexes.