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Outdoor Recreation Legislation and Its Effectiveness / Andrew Gehr Truxal.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 311Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1929]Copyright date: ©1929Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231887687
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One. American Legislation for Public Outdoor Recreation. 1915-1927 -- Introduction -- 1. Recreation as Affected by City Planning and Zoning -- 2. The Municipality as the Unit in Conducting a Program of Recreation -- 3. Other Forms of Municipally Conducted Recreation -- 4. Liabilities of Cities When Conducting Public Outdoor Recreation -- 5. State and Federal Provisions for Public Outdoor Recreation -- Part Two. The Social Significance of Recreation -- Methodology Employed in Part Two -- VI. Attempts to Evaluate Recreation in Relation to Juvenile Delinquency -- VII. Association Between Play Areas and Delinquency in Manhattan -- Appendices -- A. State Laws and Local Ordinances Covering the Main Features of a Recreation System -- B. Model Ordinance Prepared by the League of Kansas Municipalities as a Guide to Municipalities Considering the Creation of Municipal Tourist Camps -- C. Summary Digest of State Laws Empowering Municipalities to Spend Public Funds for Music -- D. State Laws Making Provisions for State Parks, Forests and Reservations -- E. Table A, B. -- Index
Summary: Studies commercial recreation, such as motion pictures and professional sports, in two parts. The first part presents a summary of the American legislature from 1915-1927 when provisions were made for public recreation; and the second part looks at Manhattan to see if recreation has any impact on juvenile delinquency.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One. American Legislation for Public Outdoor Recreation. 1915-1927 -- Introduction -- 1. Recreation as Affected by City Planning and Zoning -- 2. The Municipality as the Unit in Conducting a Program of Recreation -- 3. Other Forms of Municipally Conducted Recreation -- 4. Liabilities of Cities When Conducting Public Outdoor Recreation -- 5. State and Federal Provisions for Public Outdoor Recreation -- Part Two. The Social Significance of Recreation -- Methodology Employed in Part Two -- VI. Attempts to Evaluate Recreation in Relation to Juvenile Delinquency -- VII. Association Between Play Areas and Delinquency in Manhattan -- Appendices -- A. State Laws and Local Ordinances Covering the Main Features of a Recreation System -- B. Model Ordinance Prepared by the League of Kansas Municipalities as a Guide to Municipalities Considering the Creation of Municipal Tourist Camps -- C. Summary Digest of State Laws Empowering Municipalities to Spend Public Funds for Music -- D. State Laws Making Provisions for State Parks, Forests and Reservations -- E. Table A, B. -- Index

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Studies commercial recreation, such as motion pictures and professional sports, in two parts. The first part presents a summary of the American legislature from 1915-1927 when provisions were made for public recreation; and the second part looks at Manhattan to see if recreation has any impact on juvenile delinquency.

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