TRe UNITVER ST TY OF “CHICA G. ee 
A Decade of Civic Development 
By CHARLES ZUEBLIN 
Professor of Sociology in the University of Chicago 
Author of American Municipal Progress 
Associate Editor of the American Journal of Soctology 
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 mai, 
and his book is a practical book. It 
gives a concise and spirited sco 
of certain definite measures (pout 
cal, economic, social, and artistic) for 
the betterment of American cities. 
Here is a subject that lies at ng 
very doors—a subject that no citi- 
zen can afford to overlook. . 
Beginning with a discussion § 
the revived interest in citizenship 
he treats in turn the training ol the 
citizen, the making of the city, ie 
educational effect of the a 
world’s fairs, and the recent 1%. 
‘ ae New York, Harris 
provements in the cities where most has been done— Boston, os 
burg, and Washington. The ‘Civic Renascence,” as Professor Zueblin calls pe | 
shown to be a great national movement, extending from sea t0 sea, compe J 
with the Civil War and the Reconstruction. There could hardly be renee | 
a more effective method of preaching the new crusade than arene 
recital of what has already been accomplished. What the fate yf 
movement will be can only be estimated, but no one will wish to remain 18 
of its present status. 
The book, just published, contains twenty full-page illustr 
Aside from his classroom work as professor of sociology, 
is one of the most-sought lecturers of the day in the field of un! 
and was formerly president of the American League for Civic Impre 
ations. a 
Professor ued? | 
versity exon 
yement. 
200 pp., 12mo, cloth; net $1.25, postpaid $1-39 
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