Pittsburgh surveyed : social science and social reform in the early twentieth century / edited by Maurine W. Greenwald and Margo Anderson.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1996]

Summary:

From 1909-1914 the Pittsburgh Survey brought together statisticans, social workers, engineers, lawyers, physicians, economists, and city planners to study the effects of industrialization on the city of Pittsburgh. "Pittsburgh Surveyed" examines the accuracy and the impact of the influential Pittsburgh Survey, emphasizing its role in the social reform movement of the early twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-284) and index.

ISBN:

0822939568

0822956101

OCLC:

34604120