Problems of city life: A study in urban sociology

Problems of city life: A study in urban sociology

urbanité, logement, sociologie urbaine, health, santé, éducation, recreation, leisure, loisirs, twentieth century, vingtième siècle, Davie Maurice R.

Extract from Part I - Introductory: The modern city: The most striking characteristics of present-day civilization are industrialization and urbanization. They present the environment, both natural and human, to which an increasing majority of people must adapt. Both phenomena represent recent, radical changes calling forth new types of adjustment... It is with the history of this great problem of adjustment - the successes and failures which societies have had in attempting to meet their great group needs - that this book will deal. Contents: Part I. Introductory: The modern city I. The modern social environment II. Causes and consequences of the growth of cities III. City planning IV. The traffic problem Part II. Housing V. The housing problem VI. The tenement-house problem in London and New York VII. Rooming and lodging houses and hotels VIII. Methods of dealing with the housing problem Part III. Health IX. The public-health movement X. The public water supply XI. Municipal housecleaning XII. Protecting the consumer of food and drugs XIII. Other public-health problems XIV. The winning fight against disease Part IV. Education XV. Education in a changing civilization XVI. Adult education XVII. The American newspaper Part V. Recreation XVIII. Recreation in the Machine Age XIX. Commercialized recreation XX. The sphere of private agencies XXI. Public provisions for recreation Maurice R. Davie was Associate Professor of the Science of Society at Yale University.

Maurice R. Davie

J. Wiley

1932

730

Ouvrage

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