Abstract
The Chicago School was one of the first and most influential centers of sociological research in North America. The University of Chicago was founded in 1890 with a commitment to research, graduate training, and service to the city of Chicago. The emerging social sciences had close connections with reformism, Christian socialism, local philanthropy such as the Settlement movement, and Hull House which was associated with Jane Addams. The school emerged around 1915 and Albion Small was appointed as its sociologist. Research methods were based on the social surveys undertaken by British urban reformers like Charles Booth. The research emphasis was on poverty, city life, urban slums, marginal men, migration, deviance, and crime. Over time, the Chicago School included many of the founding fathers of American sociology: Albion Small, W. I. Thomas, Florian Znianecki, Robert Park, and Ernest Burgess.
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