Cities and towns; Social psychology; Sociology; Sociology, Urban
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A sample of the industrial type of city which is built around the
production of a single product—the automobile. (IV, 6; IX, 1.)
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8–15.
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Introductory volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, one of the most
comprehensive studies of an industrial, urban area. Contains
material bearing on many phases of city structure and city life. (V;
VI; VII; VIII; IX, 1, 3.).
Kenngott, George F. _The Record of a City: A Social Survey of Lowell,
Massachusetts_ (New York, 1912).
A cross-section of a typical manufacturing city. (V; VI; VII; VIII;
IX, 1, 3.)
McLean, Francis H., Todd, Robert E., and Sanborn, Frank B. _The Report
of the Lawrence Survey_ (Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1917). (V; VI;
VII; VIII; IX, 1, 3.)
“The Right of the Community to Exist,” _Living Age_, CIII (October 4,
1919), 46–48.
Roberts, Peter. _Anthracite Coal Communities_ (New York, 1904).
A study of mining communities in the United States. (V; VI; VII;
VIII; IX, 1, 3.)
Steele, Rufus. “In the Sun-Spot,” _Sunset_, XXXIV (1915), 690–99.
A study of Los Angeles, the city of moving pictures. (IV, 6; IX, 1.)
Semple, Ellen. “Some Geographical Causes Determining the Location of
Cities,” _Jour. School Geog._, I (1897), 225–31.
——. _Influences of Geographic Environment, on the Basis of Ratzel’s
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A comprehensive work dealing with the factors in the natural
environment in relation to the settlement and the activity of man.
(III, 2, 3.)
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Distinguishes between industrial, commercial, political, and social
centers and suggests that cities might combine several of these
functions. Gives examples of each type, pointing out their
distinctive characteristics. (III, 2, 3.)
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A study of housing, public health, and dependency in Princeton, New
Jersey. (VI, 10; VII, 5.)
In the current periodical literature one can find numerous articles
dealing with the various functional types of cities of the present day.
The _National Geographic Magazine_ has many numbers which are devoted to
individual cities from this standpoint.
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