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CATASTROPHE AND SOCIAL CHANGE

BASED UPON A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF
THE HALIFAX DISASTER

BY
SAMUEL HENRY PRINCE, M. A. (Tor.)

submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of doctor of philosophy
in the
Faculty of Political Science
Columbia University

NEW YORK
1920

Halifax
is not a large city
but there are those who love it
who would choose to dwell therein
before all cities beneath
the skies