ABSTRACT
AT THE CLOSE of the preceding chapter the modern city was described as behaving in a self-disciplined manner, and the urban population as containing within itself the heritage of generations of city-dwelling; a heritage that is modified, added to, and passed on. People speak of communities as if they were entities capable of being proud or indifferent, gay at times or sullen at other times. It is more than a figure of speech when a city is referred to as if it were "a behaving personality" capable of taking a position in favor of this or opposed to that.
