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The Resource The American city; : a sourcebook of urban imagery., Edited by Anselm L. Strauss
The American city; : a sourcebook of urban imagery., Edited by Anselm L. Strauss
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- Summary
- Sheds light on what the city is and does by analyzing what its citizens think it should be and do
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 530 pages
- Contents
-
- Images and perspectives. Urban perspectives: New York City / Anselm L. Strauss ; Some varieties of American urban symbolism / Anselm L. Strauss -- Contrasting conceptions of the same city. How I struck Chicago, and how Chicago struck me / Rudyard Kipling ; An Easterner looks at a Western city / Julian Ralph ; The Better Business Bureau's representation of Chicago -- The frontier and the city. Land speculation in Chicago / John L. Peyton ; City of the plains / William H. Dixon ; Frontier morals / Sarah Royce ; Joe's luck / Horatio Alger, Jr. ; The frontier in American history / Frederick J. Turner -- City destiny. The Midwest will be urban / J.W. Scott ; Missouri-St. Louis, the commercial center of North America / S. Waterhouse ; History of Marietta / Thomas J. Summers -- Early versions of the rural-urban dialogue. The political state of agriculture and the pleasures of agriculture / John Taylor ; The American city / A.D. Mayo ; What constitutes a merchant / Charles Edwards ; The morals of trade ; Humanity in the city / E.H. Chapin ; A later version of the dialogue / Walter Burr -- Perils of the great city. Perils -- the city / Josiah Strong ; Our cities / John Habberton ; The language of the fence / H.W. Gibson ; Poverty and the immigrant / Robert Hunter ; The sexual immorality of girls / W.I. Thomas and F. Znaniecki ; The professional ideology of social pathologies / C. Wright Mills -- Success and the perilous city. The strife for precedence / E.H. Chapin ; Coming to the city / Horace Greeley ; Society in town / A.D. Mayo ; The girl who earns her own living / Anna S. Richardson ; City boy versus country boy / J.M. Welding ; Women of New York / Marie L. Hankins ; Success and the man of culture / George S. Hillard -- Poverty and its solutions. Rural homes for urban children / Charles Loring Brace ; Nineteenth-street gang / Charles Loring Brace ; Outings / Joseph Lee ; Immigrants and the church / William P. Shriver ; The subjective necessity for social settlements / Jane Addams ; Cleric urges new ministry to meet urban needs / Bernard Weinraub ; The ethics of progress / Franklin Giddings ; A program of social work / Simon N. Patten ; The culture of poverty approach to social problems / Hylan Lewis ; California Foundation for Economic Opportunity -- Democracy, politics, and municipal reform. The city: the hope of democracy / Frederic C. Howe ; The coming city / Richard T. Ely ; Reform and the suffragette / Anna J. Cooper ; A city boss loses an election / A. Julius Friedberg ; Big Kennedy and the Mugwumps / Alfred H. Lewis ; The urban polity / Milton Kotler
- Order and disorder in the city. Why the police are not more effective / William MacAdoo ; Keeping the peace in Skid Row / Egon Bittner ; The police as perceived by Negro boys / Carl Werthman ; Violence in the city / Robert Blauner -- Sociologists study social worlds. The great metropolis: social worlds / Junius Browne ; A review of "The social value of the saloon" / E.C. Moore ; Symbolism, space, and the upper class / Walter Firey ; The world of furnished rooms / Harvey Zorbaugh ; Towertown: Chicago's Bohemia / Harvey Zorbaugh ; Patterns of voluntary association among urban working-class families / Floyd Dotson ; Rural styles in an urban environment / Christen T. Jonassen ; Interdependent worlds: the social integration of queers and peers / Albert J. Reiss, Jr. ; A cosmopolitan world / Frederick Edge -- The city without human purpose. Sympathy: country versus city / Charles H. Cooley ; Impersonality in the city / Robert and Helen Lynd ; Conspicuous consumption: country versus city / Thorstein Veblen ; The modern city: anomic, impersonal, meaningless / C. Wright Mills ; Urbanism as a way of life / Louis Wirth ; The community of limited liability / Morris Janowitz ; The cabdriver and his fare: facets of a fleeting relationship / Fred Davis -- Rural amenities and urban attributes. Rooftop gardeners bring forth blossoms high above a city of stone and steel / Meyer Berger ; I have 7,000,000 neighbors / Alfred E. Smith ; The woman on the farm / Clara Waldo ; The provincial American / Meridith Nicholson ; The country newspaper / William Allen White -- Suburbia. Ten acres enough / Anonymous ; Types of suburbs / Everett Chamberlin ; The suburbanite / H.A. Bridgeman ; Suburban nightmare / Frederick Allen ; The Catholic suburbanite / Andrew M. Greeley -- Visitors: fun and esthetics. Reno: specialization and fun / Lucius Beebe ; Tokyo: enjoyment plus additional meanings / Yoshie Egavwa ; Occupational touristry / Ruth Pape -- City planning. The Utopian city: Altruria / Titus K. Smith ; Planning and the city's "Good" / Robert H. Talbert ; The city beautiful: trees, parks, and other open spaces / Frederick Olmsted ; The city beautiful: municipal art / Frederick S. Lamb ; The City Club and the city beautiful / Leslie Miller, Dr. MacAlister, and S.S. Fels ; Planning and commercial organizations / Ryerson Ritchie ; Business vision and civic spirit / John Ihlder ; Social power and the real estate board / Donald H. Bouma ; City planning and the symbolism of space / Walter Firey ; The redevelopment of West End / Herbert J. Gans ; Dilemmas in urban renewal / Harold Goldblatt -- Urban imagery and urban theory. The latest in urban imagery / Anselm L. Strauss ; Strategies for discovering urban theory / Anselm L. Strauss
- Label
- The American city; : a sourcebook of urban imagery.
- Title
- The American city;
- Title remainder
- a sourcebook of urban imagery.
- Statement of responsibility
- Edited by Anselm L. Strauss
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Sheds light on what the city is and does by analyzing what its citizens think it should be and do
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Strauss, Anselm L
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HT123
- LC item number
- .S785
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- HT 123
- NLM item number
- S912a 1968
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cities and towns
- Urbanization
- Stadssociologie
- Urbanisme
- Cities and towns
- Verstädterung
- Stadssociologie
- United States
- USA
- Label
- The American city; : a sourcebook of urban imagery., Edited by Anselm L. Strauss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Images and perspectives. Urban perspectives: New York City / Anselm L. Strauss ; Some varieties of American urban symbolism / Anselm L. Strauss -- Contrasting conceptions of the same city. How I struck Chicago, and how Chicago struck me / Rudyard Kipling ; An Easterner looks at a Western city / Julian Ralph ; The Better Business Bureau's representation of Chicago -- The frontier and the city. Land speculation in Chicago / John L. Peyton ; City of the plains / William H. Dixon ; Frontier morals / Sarah Royce ; Joe's luck / Horatio Alger, Jr. ; The frontier in American history / Frederick J. Turner -- City destiny. The Midwest will be urban / J.W. Scott ; Missouri-St. Louis, the commercial center of North America / S. Waterhouse ; History of Marietta / Thomas J. Summers -- Early versions of the rural-urban dialogue. The political state of agriculture and the pleasures of agriculture / John Taylor ; The American city / A.D. Mayo ; What constitutes a merchant / Charles Edwards ; The morals of trade ; Humanity in the city / E.H. Chapin ; A later version of the dialogue / Walter Burr -- Perils of the great city. Perils -- the city / Josiah Strong ; Our cities / John Habberton ; The language of the fence / H.W. Gibson ; Poverty and the immigrant / Robert Hunter ; The sexual immorality of girls / W.I. Thomas and F. Znaniecki ; The professional ideology of social pathologies / C. Wright Mills -- Success and the perilous city. The strife for precedence / E.H. Chapin ; Coming to the city / Horace Greeley ; Society in town / A.D. Mayo ; The girl who earns her own living / Anna S. Richardson ; City boy versus country boy / J.M. Welding ; Women of New York / Marie L. Hankins ; Success and the man of culture / George S. Hillard -- Poverty and its solutions. Rural homes for urban children / Charles Loring Brace ; Nineteenth-street gang / Charles Loring Brace ; Outings / Joseph Lee ; Immigrants and the church / William P. Shriver ; The subjective necessity for social settlements / Jane Addams ; Cleric urges new ministry to meet urban needs / Bernard Weinraub ; The ethics of progress / Franklin Giddings ; A program of social work / Simon N. Patten ; The culture of poverty approach to social problems / Hylan Lewis ; California Foundation for Economic Opportunity -- Democracy, politics, and municipal reform. The city: the hope of democracy / Frederic C. Howe ; The coming city / Richard T. Ely ; Reform and the suffragette / Anna J. Cooper ; A city boss loses an election / A. Julius Friedberg ; Big Kennedy and the Mugwumps / Alfred H. Lewis ; The urban polity / Milton Kotler
- Order and disorder in the city. Why the police are not more effective / William MacAdoo ; Keeping the peace in Skid Row / Egon Bittner ; The police as perceived by Negro boys / Carl Werthman ; Violence in the city / Robert Blauner -- Sociologists study social worlds. The great metropolis: social worlds / Junius Browne ; A review of "The social value of the saloon" / E.C. Moore ; Symbolism, space, and the upper class / Walter Firey ; The world of furnished rooms / Harvey Zorbaugh ; Towertown: Chicago's Bohemia / Harvey Zorbaugh ; Patterns of voluntary association among urban working-class families / Floyd Dotson ; Rural styles in an urban environment / Christen T. Jonassen ; Interdependent worlds: the social integration of queers and peers / Albert J. Reiss, Jr. ; A cosmopolitan world / Frederick Edge -- The city without human purpose. Sympathy: country versus city / Charles H. Cooley ; Impersonality in the city / Robert and Helen Lynd ; Conspicuous consumption: country versus city / Thorstein Veblen ; The modern city: anomic, impersonal, meaningless / C. Wright Mills ; Urbanism as a way of life / Louis Wirth ; The community of limited liability / Morris Janowitz ; The cabdriver and his fare: facets of a fleeting relationship / Fred Davis -- Rural amenities and urban attributes. Rooftop gardeners bring forth blossoms high above a city of stone and steel / Meyer Berger ; I have 7,000,000 neighbors / Alfred E. Smith ; The woman on the farm / Clara Waldo ; The provincial American / Meridith Nicholson ; The country newspaper / William Allen White -- Suburbia. Ten acres enough / Anonymous ; Types of suburbs / Everett Chamberlin ; The suburbanite / H.A. Bridgeman ; Suburban nightmare / Frederick Allen ; The Catholic suburbanite / Andrew M. Greeley -- Visitors: fun and esthetics. Reno: specialization and fun / Lucius Beebe ; Tokyo: enjoyment plus additional meanings / Yoshie Egavwa ; Occupational touristry / Ruth Pape -- City planning. The Utopian city: Altruria / Titus K. Smith ; Planning and the city's "Good" / Robert H. Talbert ; The city beautiful: trees, parks, and other open spaces / Frederick Olmsted ; The city beautiful: municipal art / Frederick S. Lamb ; The City Club and the city beautiful / Leslie Miller, Dr. MacAlister, and S.S. Fels ; Planning and commercial organizations / Ryerson Ritchie ; Business vision and civic spirit / John Ihlder ; Social power and the real estate board / Donald H. Bouma ; City planning and the symbolism of space / Walter Firey ; The redevelopment of West End / Herbert J. Gans ; Dilemmas in urban renewal / Harold Goldblatt -- Urban imagery and urban theory. The latest in urban imagery / Anselm L. Strauss ; Strategies for discovering urban theory / Anselm L. Strauss
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 530 pages
- Lccn
- 67017610
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)712386
- Label
- The American city; : a sourcebook of urban imagery., Edited by Anselm L. Strauss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Images and perspectives. Urban perspectives: New York City / Anselm L. Strauss ; Some varieties of American urban symbolism / Anselm L. Strauss -- Contrasting conceptions of the same city. How I struck Chicago, and how Chicago struck me / Rudyard Kipling ; An Easterner looks at a Western city / Julian Ralph ; The Better Business Bureau's representation of Chicago -- The frontier and the city. Land speculation in Chicago / John L. Peyton ; City of the plains / William H. Dixon ; Frontier morals / Sarah Royce ; Joe's luck / Horatio Alger, Jr. ; The frontier in American history / Frederick J. Turner -- City destiny. The Midwest will be urban / J.W. Scott ; Missouri-St. Louis, the commercial center of North America / S. Waterhouse ; History of Marietta / Thomas J. Summers -- Early versions of the rural-urban dialogue. The political state of agriculture and the pleasures of agriculture / John Taylor ; The American city / A.D. Mayo ; What constitutes a merchant / Charles Edwards ; The morals of trade ; Humanity in the city / E.H. Chapin ; A later version of the dialogue / Walter Burr -- Perils of the great city. Perils -- the city / Josiah Strong ; Our cities / John Habberton ; The language of the fence / H.W. Gibson ; Poverty and the immigrant / Robert Hunter ; The sexual immorality of girls / W.I. Thomas and F. Znaniecki ; The professional ideology of social pathologies / C. Wright Mills -- Success and the perilous city. The strife for precedence / E.H. Chapin ; Coming to the city / Horace Greeley ; Society in town / A.D. Mayo ; The girl who earns her own living / Anna S. Richardson ; City boy versus country boy / J.M. Welding ; Women of New York / Marie L. Hankins ; Success and the man of culture / George S. Hillard -- Poverty and its solutions. Rural homes for urban children / Charles Loring Brace ; Nineteenth-street gang / Charles Loring Brace ; Outings / Joseph Lee ; Immigrants and the church / William P. Shriver ; The subjective necessity for social settlements / Jane Addams ; Cleric urges new ministry to meet urban needs / Bernard Weinraub ; The ethics of progress / Franklin Giddings ; A program of social work / Simon N. Patten ; The culture of poverty approach to social problems / Hylan Lewis ; California Foundation for Economic Opportunity -- Democracy, politics, and municipal reform. The city: the hope of democracy / Frederic C. Howe ; The coming city / Richard T. Ely ; Reform and the suffragette / Anna J. Cooper ; A city boss loses an election / A. Julius Friedberg ; Big Kennedy and the Mugwumps / Alfred H. Lewis ; The urban polity / Milton Kotler
- Order and disorder in the city. Why the police are not more effective / William MacAdoo ; Keeping the peace in Skid Row / Egon Bittner ; The police as perceived by Negro boys / Carl Werthman ; Violence in the city / Robert Blauner -- Sociologists study social worlds. The great metropolis: social worlds / Junius Browne ; A review of "The social value of the saloon" / E.C. Moore ; Symbolism, space, and the upper class / Walter Firey ; The world of furnished rooms / Harvey Zorbaugh ; Towertown: Chicago's Bohemia / Harvey Zorbaugh ; Patterns of voluntary association among urban working-class families / Floyd Dotson ; Rural styles in an urban environment / Christen T. Jonassen ; Interdependent worlds: the social integration of queers and peers / Albert J. Reiss, Jr. ; A cosmopolitan world / Frederick Edge -- The city without human purpose. Sympathy: country versus city / Charles H. Cooley ; Impersonality in the city / Robert and Helen Lynd ; Conspicuous consumption: country versus city / Thorstein Veblen ; The modern city: anomic, impersonal, meaningless / C. Wright Mills ; Urbanism as a way of life / Louis Wirth ; The community of limited liability / Morris Janowitz ; The cabdriver and his fare: facets of a fleeting relationship / Fred Davis -- Rural amenities and urban attributes. Rooftop gardeners bring forth blossoms high above a city of stone and steel / Meyer Berger ; I have 7,000,000 neighbors / Alfred E. Smith ; The woman on the farm / Clara Waldo ; The provincial American / Meridith Nicholson ; The country newspaper / William Allen White -- Suburbia. Ten acres enough / Anonymous ; Types of suburbs / Everett Chamberlin ; The suburbanite / H.A. Bridgeman ; Suburban nightmare / Frederick Allen ; The Catholic suburbanite / Andrew M. Greeley -- Visitors: fun and esthetics. Reno: specialization and fun / Lucius Beebe ; Tokyo: enjoyment plus additional meanings / Yoshie Egavwa ; Occupational touristry / Ruth Pape -- City planning. The Utopian city: Altruria / Titus K. Smith ; Planning and the city's "Good" / Robert H. Talbert ; The city beautiful: trees, parks, and other open spaces / Frederick Olmsted ; The city beautiful: municipal art / Frederick S. Lamb ; The City Club and the city beautiful / Leslie Miller, Dr. MacAlister, and S.S. Fels ; Planning and commercial organizations / Ryerson Ritchie ; Business vision and civic spirit / John Ihlder ; Social power and the real estate board / Donald H. Bouma ; City planning and the symbolism of space / Walter Firey ; The redevelopment of West End / Herbert J. Gans ; Dilemmas in urban renewal / Harold Goldblatt -- Urban imagery and urban theory. The latest in urban imagery / Anselm L. Strauss ; Strategies for discovering urban theory / Anselm L. Strauss
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 530 pages
- Lccn
- 67017610
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)712386
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