Title & Author:

The metropolis in modern life / Robert Moore Fisher, editor.

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1955.

Description:

xiii, 401 pages illustrations, tables 24 cm

Series:

Columbia University. Bicentennial conference series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The dynamic role of the city in social development: The role of the city in ancient civilizations / Stuart Piggott -- Urban communities and the social evolution of nations / Louis Cevalier -- An analysis of urban phenomena / Albert J. Reiss, Jr. -- pt. 2. Contributions of the metropolitan community to the political institutions of a free society: Political influence of the metropolis / William Anderson -- Metropolitan political developments / Luther H. Gulick -- pt. 3. Economic advantages and disadvantages of metropolitan concentration: Economic efficiency in the metropolis / P. Sargant Florence -- Efficiency and the location of urban activities / Richard U. Ratcliff -- pt. 4. The influence of the metropolis on concepts, rules, and institutions relating to property: Recent developments in the law of property / Harold L. Reeve -- The impact of the metropolis upon land law / Myres S. McDougal -- pt. 5. The influence of science and technology on the metropolis: The effects of scientific progress on metropolitan communities / A.V. Hill -- The adaptation of design to the metropolis / Richard J. Neutra -- pt. 6. The impact of the metropolis on the professions: Metropolitan conditions and traditional professional relationships / Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders -- Universities and cooperation among metropolitan professions / Donald Young -- pt. 7. The impact of the metropolis on the spiritual life of man: The effects of city life upon spiritual life / Joseph Folliet -- The children of God in the city of man / J.V. Langmead Casserley -- pt. 8. The search for the ideal city: Ideal cities of the past and the present / Sir George Clark.
Dust jacket.
In Related Ephemera: review slip.

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Villes.
cities.
Metropole
Sociologia Urbana.
Comunidade Urbana.
Urbanization

Form/genre:

Collections

Added entries:

Fisher, Robert Moore, editor.
Fisher, Robert Moore
Columbia University Bicentennial Conference (1954 : Columbia University). Columbia University Bicentennial Conference series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201042
Call No.: HT151 .M4 1955
Status: Available