Spengler, Oswald. Der Untergang des Abendlandes: Umrisse einer Morphologie der Weltgeschichte, Vol. II (München, 1922), chap. II, “Städte und Völker,” pp. 100–224. (II; VII, 1, 5; IX, 1.)
Winter, Max. Das Goldene Wiener Herz, Vol. XI in “Grossstadt Dokumente” (Berlin, 1905).
A study of the financial nexus in city life. (IX, 4.)
Woolston, H. “The Urban Habit of Mind,” Amer. Jour. Sociol., XVII, 602 ff.
3. The medium through which man is influenced and modified in the city is the intricate system of communication. The urban system of communication takes on a special form. It is not typically the primary, but the secondary, contact that it produces. The public opinion that is built up in the city and the morale and ésprit de corps growing out of it relies on such typical media as the newspaper rather than the gossip monger; the telephone and the mails rather than the town meeting. The characteristic urban social unit is the occupational group rather than the geographical area.
Chicago Commission on Race Relations. The Negro in Chicago (Chicago, 1922).
A study growing out of the Chicago race riots, showing the growth of public opinion and the behavior of crowds and mobs in the city. (V, 1, 3; VII, 2.)
Follett, Mary P. The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government (New York, 1918).
Analyzes the conditions under which public opinion of today is formed and suggests local organization as a possible way out. (V, 3; VII, 5; IX, 1.)
Howe, Frederic C. “The City as a Socializing Agency,” Amer. Jour. Sociol., XVII, 509 ff. (VII, 5.)