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Louis Wirth  

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  • Louis Wirth (1897–1952) was one of the 20th century's preeminent sociologists and urban theorists. He authored The Ghetto (1928) and “Urbanism as a Way of Life” (1938), classic texts still used internationally almost a century after they were written. [Source: Encyclopedia of American Urban History; Wirth, Louis]

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