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First Edition. Signed by one of the authors in black ink on front free endpaper: "Cordially yours, Herbert M. Pollock." Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4." 418 pages, complete. Black-and-white plates, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Appendix and Index in back. Pages are clean and intact overall but have dampstaining in bottom corners of fore-edge and light age toning throughout. Covers are very clean and intact except for several small marks, wear at head of spine, light rubbing, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This book is about the trend of modernization and civic improvements in American cities of the early twentieth century. The book is aimed toward students and others interested in the study of civic improvements and focuses on characteristics of modern American cities and the ideals of city planning. European cities are examined to show both successes and failures in city planning. Authors Herbert M. Pollock and William S. Morgan wrote this book after making a sweeping tour of Europe in 1910 in which they observed various European cities such as Genoa, Turin, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, Berne, Lucerne, Zurich, Munich, Nuremburg, Leipzig, Weimar, Eisenach, Mainz, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, the Hague, Brussels, Paris, Rouen, and Havre. The following are the chapter titles: "The Modern City," "City Planning," "Home Planning--The Housing Problem," "City Streets and Some Splendid Types," "The Value of Art in Cities," "The Value of Parks--Impressions at Sans Souci and Versailles," "Harbor Development--The Port of Genoa," "The Conservation of Human Life," "Municipal Government," "Municipal Home Rule," "The Selection of City Officers and Employees," "The Control of Municipal Public Service Corporations," "Recent Developments in Education," "Religion and Municipal Life," "The Social Evil," and "Conditions and Methods of Social Progress in American Cities." In Chapter I, Pollock and Morgan argue that the trend of modernization and civic improvements in cities worldwide is due to, among other factors, "peace," "new inventions," "biological discoveries" (such as the findings of Louis Pasteur), "desire for outdoor life," "demand for beauty," "city planning," "enlightened city management," and "cooperation.".
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