xxx 350 pages, includes bibliography. The front cover has a light crease on the lower outer edge, and both front and back are bumped at the edges; two lines are underscored in blue biro on page 22, and the back cover has a small square of masking tape at the head's outer edge, not sure why. Overall, a clean, unmarked and solid copy, though obviously second hand. A Phoenix Book, a title in the series "The Heritage of Sociology" edited by Morris Janowitz. CONTENTS: I. Social organization. 1. Social interaction: the problem of the individual and the group; 2. Consensus and mass communication; 3. Ideological aspects of social disorganization; 4. Urbanism as a way of life; 5. The ghetto; 6. Some Jewish types of personality; 7. Types of nationalism II. The sociology of knowledge. 8. Preface to Ideology and Utopia; 9. Ideas and ideals as sources of power in the modern world; 10. On making values explicit III. The community. 11. The scope and problems of the community; 12. Human ecology; 13. Localism, regionalism and centralization; 14. The limitations of regionalism; 15. Rural-urban differences IV. Social problems and planning. 16. Culture conflict and misconduct; 17. The problem of minority groups; 18. Race and public policy; 19. Housing as a field of sociological research; 20. The metropolitan region as a planning unig; 21. World community, world society and world government: an attempt at a clarification of terms Biographical memorandum on Louis Wirth / by Elizabeth Wirth Marvick. "Louis Wirth (August 28, 1897 - May 3, 1952) was an American sociologist and member of the Chicago school of sociology. His interests included city life, minority group behavior, and mass media, and he is recognised as one of the leading urban sociologists" (Wikipedia)