What critic Lewis Mumford has vilified as a disorganized mass of
formless low-grade urban tissue and what Katherine Lee Bates
enshrined in America the Beautiful as alabaster cities . . .
undimmed by human tears provides the subject of this bibliography:
American cities and towns. The task of reconciling these two
contrary views has fallen within the province of students and
scholars of the American urban landscape. To both facilitate this
exciting work and to advance understanding of the urban experience,
Young has carefully assembled a considerable body of graduate level
research on urban America to create this groundbreaking
bibliography of doctoral dissertations on the subject. The 4,314
citations include titles pertaining to the historical dimension of
the urban experience and all subject areas--culture, economics,
education, ethnicity, health, politics, religion, and social
structure--are reflected here, although studies which summarize
contemporary activities or omit historical orientation are not
included. The category General Studies has been used for those
works that cover more than one city or an entire state and because
of the multitude of studies, New York City's boroughs and sections
have been classified separately. More than 250 citation entries
have supplementary biographical information appended. The
bibliography is divided into two main sections, the citations in
Part One are listed alphabetically by state and subdivided by
cities and towns. Those cities with more than twenty-five
dissertation titles are further subdivided by broad subject
descriptions. Of the more than 4,000 entries, the majority address
cities and examine 300 towns; and twentieth century claims the
preponderance of titles with 3,149. Over 2,000 titles are included
for the nineteenth century; 438 for the eighteenth century; and 149
for the seventeenth century. The most popular research subjects
were cultural and intellectual life, politics and social policy,
education, and ethnic groups. New York City, with over 500 studies,
had almost twice as many as its nearest competitor, Chicago. Part
Two contains a listing of topical studies under 44 headings, an
author index, and a detailed subject index in which thematically
similar studies are brought together to complete the work. This
bibliography will be an invaluable tool for urban historians,
sociologists, planners, economists, and students and scholars in
these fields.
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