ABSTRACT
Introduction IN this final chapter it seems advisable to discuss some of the political aspects of towns and cities, even though it be granted that these belong to fields rather far removed from the main content of this volume. A few paragraphs will give the reader some knowledge of the great diversity of control exercised not only in different countries such as U.S.A. and Britain, but also as between State and State in U.S.A. Great changes have developed in city administration as they have grown larger and larger, and these also are summarized. Finally it is very interesting to compare the different methods in use in the most important urban centres of Germany, Britain, and U.S.A. Each country has its special advantages, each its special defects; so that a combination of the best features of each nation is to be looked for in the future. To this section may be added a reference to Jefferson's interesting concept of the 'Primate City', in which he shows some of the results of a concentration of power and privilege in the great cities of the world.
