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Titre
The growth of cities in the nineteenth century : A study in statistics
Sujet
, croissance urbaine, démographie, statistique, migration urbaine, urbanisation, histoire urbaine, santé, health, nineteenth century, dix-neuvième siècle, Weber Adna Ferrin
Description
Extract from the 'Biographical Note' by Barclay G. Jones :
Lewis Mumford is certainly correct in describing The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century as a "classic pioneer work". It is the first really sound, comprehensive, and complete contribution to urban studies by an American. The only comparable studies at the time were French and German. Not only does Weber make a masterful synthesis of the vast but fragmentary work that preceded him, but he attempts to synthesize opinion on the urban questions he deals with. Furthermore, he brings to the field the dispassionate detachment of the social scientist seeking ways to study the city as an important social phenomenon.
Contents :
Chapter I - Introduction
Chapter II - The history and statistics of urban growth
Chapter III - Causes of the concentration of population
Chapter IV - Urban growth and internal migration
Chapter V - The structure of city populations
Chapter VI - The natural movement of population in city and in country
Chapter VII - The physical and moral health of city and country
Chapter VIII - General effects of the concentration of population
Chapter IX - Tendencies and remedies
Adna Ferrin Weber was a fellow at Cornell and Columbia Universities and Chief Statistician for the Public Service Commission of New York, First District.
Créateur
Adna Ferrin Weber
Éditeur
Cornell University Press
Date
1899; 1963
Format
495
Type
Ouvrage
Identifiant
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005363604