Tee UNIVER ST Y OF CHICA CO FACae 
A Decade of Civic Development 
By CHARLES ZUEBLIN 
Professor of Sociology in the University of Chicago 
A VIGOROUS optimist is in him- 
~~ self a hopeful sign of the 
tmes. The author of this volume 
Saman of this stamp. ‘The last 
decade,” he says, ‘“‘has witnessed 
not only a greater development of 
“vic improvement than any former 
tecade, 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 cer- 
ain definite measures (political, 
| “onomic, social, and artistic) for 
the betterment of American cities. 
| Here is a Subject that lies at our 
"ty doors, a subject that no citi- 
0 can afford to overlook. 
the vic Ral a discussion of 
uke ne ee in citizenship, 
a. saben e lege) of the 
’ ing of the city, the 
— tducati : i 
“National effect of the great world’s fairs, and the recent improvements 1n 
| aa where most has been done—Boston, New York, Harrisburg, and 
0 be aioe The “Civic Renascence,” as Professor Zueblin calls it, 1s ste 
ik. Es national movement, extending from sea to sea, compara | 
a more eff ul War and the Reconstruction. There could hardly be eer, 
) ital of “ctive method of preaching the new crusade than straightforwar 
| Ome what has already been accomplished, What the future of such a 
Of its os will be can only be estimated, but no one will wish to remain ignorant 
sent Status. 
he book 
oh Diag ara twenty full-page illustrations. ane 
ie Impro ueblin, who was formerly President of the AMenAF Ee" 
He is the vement, is Professor of Sociology in the University of Chicago. 
author of “ American Muncipal Progress,” and of numerous articles. 
200 pp., 12mo, cloth; net $1.25, postpaid, $1.39 
