William I. Thomas, laid a firm foundation for the School with his urban interest and rigorous qualitative methodology, as evidenced in his classic study of the Polish Peasant. The Polish Peasant consists of five volumes, and is comprised of written autobiographical life histories, and letter-writing correspondences, which emphasize the importance of people representing their own lives. Thomas’ conceptualization of the “self” around ideas about ‘social becoming’ is revealed by the relation and sequential…
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