Materials collected and identified at the Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh, for interpreting Pittsburgh's urban industrial experience include public, private, institutional, business, church, school, and organizational records, as well as records from labor, ethnic, and special interest groups. Interest has been shown in photographs, oral…

Proposes and describes a program of graduate study providing the basic training for a news specialist in urban affairs. (TO)

Briefly reviews the papers in this journal issue, which focuses on the application of a social psychological perspective to the study of urban life. (Author/GC)

Presents Part I of a three-part series of units designed to help students understand life in urban areas today. Included in this issue are units on: (1) life in the city, (2) urban history, (3) city government, and (4) the city at night. (JMB)

Although American cities have changed and, many feel, declined, they remain important resources for educating. The life and architecture of the cities hold lessons for students from grade school to college. Using the city at hand, the teacher can help to create a new breed of informed, active urban citizens. (KH)

The experience of an extended urban field study project proved an effective method for stimulating students' appetites for discovery and for didactic learning as well. (Author/KM)

Explores the dilemma of teenagers, who often have nowhere to go except outdoor public places, where they often come into conflict with other groups. Describes how teenagers use public spaces in their local environments to create meaning and context in their existence. Indicates which places they use, what characterizes these places, and how…

An analysis is made of the questions that urban anthropologists ask and the perspectives that they adopt in their work. The first half of the article inquires into general questions and comparative methodology. The second half uses the case of the Puerto Ricans of Rochester, New York, to suggest how important and creative perspectives may be…

Contending that culture is one of the most potentially divisive signifiers of human activity, this paper probes some of the complexities that attend the (un)popular culture of illicit drug-using with which many young people in contemporary Britain are identified. Irvine Welsh's multi-media drugs narrative "Trainspotting" is drawn on to…

Defining the "cultural landscape" as "any landscape which has experienced a change brought about by man, either directly or indirectly", the article discusses various goals, objectives, targets, and strategies which are relevant to urban studies from an academic approach. (NQ)

Three models are elaborated that predict an association between urbanism and nontraditional behavior. Secondary analysis of American survey data on religiosity, church attendance, and attitudes toward alcohol and birth control confirm the general urbanism-deviance association and suggest the accuracy of the model which regards such behavior as due…

A course using English literature and urban geography to study the development and lifestyle of the city is described. (DE)