A Decade of Givic Development 
By CHARLES ZUEBLIN 
Professor of Sociology in the University of Chicago 
thor of American Municipal Progress 
Associate Editor of the American Journal of Sociology 
A VIGOROUS optimist is in himself a hopeful sign of the times. The author 
of this volume is a man of this stamp. ‘The last decade,” he says, “has 
witnessed not only a greater develop- 
ment of civic improvement than any 
former decade, but a more marked 
advance than all the previous history 
of the United States can show.” 
Professor Zueblin is a practical man, 
and his book is a practical book. It 
gives a concise and spirited account 
of certain definite measures (politi- 
cal, economic, social, and artistic) for 
the betterment of American cities. 
Here is a subject that lies at our 
very doors—a subject that no citi- 
zen can afford to overlook. | 
Beginning with a discussion of 
the revived interest in citizenship, 
he treats in turn the training of the 
citizen, the making of the city, the 
educational effect of the great 
world’s fairs, and the recent im 
provements in the cities where most has been done— Boston, New York, Harris- 
burg, and Washington. The ‘‘Civic Renascence,” as Professor Zueblin calls it, 1s 
shown to be a great national movement, extending from sea to sea, comparable 
with the Civil War and the Reconstruction. There could hardly be imagined 
a more effective method of preaching the new crusade than straightforward 
recital of what has already been accomplished. What the future of such a 
movement will be can only be estimated, but no one will wish to remain ignorant 
of its present status. 
The book, just published, contains twenty full-page illustrations. ; 
Aside from his classroom work as professor of sociology, Professor Zueblin 
is one of the most-sought lecturers of the day in the field of university extension. 
He was formerly president of the American League for Civic Improvement. 
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