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an analytical piece, and reading his proposed re-framing introduction, Thomas proposed to him that they become co-authors. Dulczewski in his biography of
Znaniecki concludes that the question is moot, as both had contributed to this work significantly and "neither would have been able to author this work by themselves". While some consider Znaniecki to be a junior writer, Thomas himself wrote that "it would be quite impossible to establish who wrote what", and Bulmer concludes that "to regard Zaniecki as merely Thomas' assistant is incorrect... he took a major part in drafting the book... the two were true collaborators", with Znaniecki's skill in philosophy, methodology and the subject matter of Polish society complementing Thomas' expertise in sociology, social psychology, and the
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Thomas was the originator of this study, having taken interest in studying immigrant communities of
Chicago already in the 1890s. He was also the originator of the concept of studying written materials for sociological insight, and initially intended this work to be a collection of translated and
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American study had done before". In the introduction to the 1996 edition,
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