Wilson, Warren H. The Evolution of the Country Community: A Study in Religious Sociology (Boston, New York, Chicago, 1912).
Gives types of organizations and institutions. (V, 3; X, 2.)
In almost every large city the number of social agencies and public institutions is so large and their work so varied that directories of these agencies have been made available. In addition, reports and surveys of many cities are at hand, and the periodical literature is tremendous.
5. The cultural needs of the community find expression in the city in the form of schools, theaters, museums, parks, monuments, and other public enterprises. They exert an influence extending beyond the boundaries of the city itself, and may be regarded as agencies for the definition of the person’s wishes. They are indicative of the level of social life which the community has achieved.
Carroll, Charles E. The Community Survey in Relation to Church Efficiency (New York, 1915).
Typical of studies bearing on the place of religious and cultural agencies in city life. (X, 2.)
For a basic statement of the problem of education in the modern city, compare Dewey, John, Democracy and Education (New York, 1916).
Moore, E. C. “Provision for the Education of the City Child,” School and Society, III (February 19, 1916), 265–72.
Phelan, J. J. Motion Pictures as a Phase of Commercialized Amusement in Toledo, Ohio (Toledo, Ohio, 1919).
Tews, Johannes. Berliner Lehrer, Vol. XX in “Grossstadt Dokumente” (Berlin, 1905).