The Urban Prospect, by Lewis Mumford by Herbert J. Gans For over thirty years now, Lewis Mumford has been a major American prophet and preacher, calling for drastic change not…
Urban Renewal by Herbert J. Gans The following exchange was occasioned by Herbert J. Gans's article, "The Failure of Urban Renewal," which appeared in the April…
The Failure of Urban Renewal by Herbert J. Gans For some time now, a few city planners and housing experts have been pointing out that urban renewal was not…
The Wasted Americans, by Edgar May by Herbert J. Gans Americans have often been described as impulsive consumers of material goods whose tastes change with frequent regularity. Much the same…
The Politics of Urban Renewal: The Chicago Findings, by Peter H. Rossi and Robert A. Dentler by Herbert J. Gans A major problem facing any central agency in charge of a plan for urban renewal is to make certain that…
The Death & Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs by Herbert J. Gans AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS have begun to rediscover the city. Not since the days of the muckrakers has there been so much…
Progress of a Suburban Jewish CommunityPark Forest Revisited by Herbert J. Gans A study of the effects of suburban community life on the Jewish community.
The Future of American Jewry: Part II by Herbert J. Gans Herbert Gans on the religious revival in America.
American Jewry, Present and Future: Part I: Present by Herbert J. Gans Herbert Gans on American Jewry.
The Refugee Intellectual, by Donald Peterson Kent; The Cultural Migration, ed. by W. Rex Crawford by Herbert J. Gans