Founded in 1892, the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago was the first institution to provide graduate programs in the profession of sociology. More precisely, the ‘Chicago School’ refers to a specific group of sociologists at the University, who made significant progress in our modern day understanding of cities and urban life due to their way of thinking about and viewing social relations. The school published many textbooks and works about the interests of sociology as a profession, which often specialised in urban society. The following essay will cover a brief history and general background to the school, as well as looking into the contribution that the school has made to our understanding of cities and urban life.
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