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The challenge of the city, 1860-1910 / edited with an introd. by Lyle W. Dorsett.

Contributor Dorsett, Lyle W.

Imprint:Lexington [Mass.] : Heath, [1968]

Descriptionx, 114 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:The menace of great cities / Lord James Bryce -- City and country / Henry George -- Civilization's inferno / Benjamin O. Flower -- The tenements of New York / Jacob Riis -- Philadelphia: corrupt and contented / Lincoln Steffens -- The dangerous classes of New York / Charles Loring Brace -- The challenge of the city / Josiah Strong -- The city wilderness / Robert Woods -- The spirit of youth and the city streets / Jane Addams -- The White City of the future / William Dean Howells -- The better city / Dana Bartlett -- The city: the hope of democracy / Frederic C. Howe -- Urbanism and the church / Harvey Wish -- The city beautiful / Christopher Tunnard, Henry Hope Reed -- Progressivism, planning, and housing / Roy Lubove -- The urban reform tradition / George E. Mowry -- Political parties and the rise of the city / Carl N. Degler.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliography.



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Dorsett, Lyle W.
Series Statement
Problems in American civilization; readings selected by the Department of American Studies, Amherst College
Subject:
Cities and towns -- United States.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Primary sources.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Problems in American civilization.