Download or read book A Handbook of Civic Improvement (Classic Reprint) written by Herman G. James and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Handbook of Civic Improvement This little book is intendend to do three things. In the first place it is meant to show the average citizen and city official alike what is to be expected of city government. Thus, by setting up an ideal to strive after, it aims to educate the general public up to a higher expectation of results from its city, with a corresponding willingness on the part of the tax payers to furnish the necessary means for accomplishing those results. In the second place it is intended to furnish to civic organizations a handy guide book for a community survey which shall set forth by convincing evidence the short comings of their own community. It was this aspect of the city government problem which first suggested the present undertaking, because the author had on various occasions been requested for assistance in directing the work of civic associations and clubs along effective lines. The willingness and devotion were present for accomplishing great things, but the efforts lacked direction and therefore largely came to naught. It is particularly with the growing civic activity of womens' clubs in mind, and to aid them in their work that this book is written, though mens' organizations, and collegiate civic associations can of course profit equally and use the book to the same advantage. In the third place it is intended for use as a laboratory guide in municipal science for college classes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.