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THE CITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY

NEW YORK

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED

TORONTO

THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

LONDON

The MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA

TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, FUKUOKA, SENDAI

THE MISSION BOOK COMPANY

SHANGHAI

THE CITY

BY

ROBERT E. PARK

ERNEST W. BURGESS

RODERICK D. McKENZIE

WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY BY

LOUIS WIRTH

THE

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

CHICAGO·ILLINOIS

Copyright 1925 By

The University of Chicago

All Rights Reserved

Published December 1925

Composed and Printed By

The University of Chicago Press

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

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