As we did in the previous section on the urban sociology of Park, we will now set out the assumptions, assumptions and premisses underpinning the urban novel of Dos Passos in depth. A Roman ideal will first be updated: of this ideal, there will then be a path to practice. Follow an axioma: the ‘true’ novel of the city inevitably leads to the analysis and assessment of the causes, thus limiting it to genuine social science. It...