As part of the new consciousness concerning the history of the American
city, younger historians, economists, and geographers working with
quantitative methods on urban-historical problems were brought together
at a conference sponsored by the History Advisory Committee of the
Mathematical Social Science Board. The papers in this volume, products
of the conference, represent the pioneer stage of quantitative
exploration in United States urban history.
United by a common concern with the growth of cities in society and the
effects of growth on the internal organization and related social order
of cities, the papers deal with such topics as jobs, residences,
neighborhoods, adjustment, status, accommodation, innovation, and
location. The authors attempt to measure some of the attitudes and
behavior of capitalists, workers, immigrants, and freedmen, and
speculate on the ways in which households, firms, and assorted social
groupings cope with changing physical and social environments.
The essays demonstrate the productive use of quantitative research
techniques, ranging from simple enumeration of data in tabular form to
sophisticated types of statistical hypothesis- testing and mathematical
modeling.
Originally published in 1975.
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