SMITH, Thomas Verner and Leonard D.

WHITE, editors. Chicago: an experiment in social science research. [The University of Chicago Studies in Social Science, number XVII]. Chicago, University Press, 1929.

8vo, pp. xi, [1 blank], 283, [1, ads]; frontispiece showing the Social Science Research Building; tear to final leaf affecting text, otherwise a fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed.

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SMITH, Thomas Verner and Leonard D.

WHITE, editors. Chicago: an experiment in social science research. [The University of Chicago Studies in Social Science, number XVII]. Chicago, University Press, 1929.