Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the 2000 Edition; Preface; Introduction; Part I History; 1. The Rural to Urban Transition; 2. The Path to Metropolitan Life; Part II Form; 3. The Metropolitan Setting: A Portrait of Three Metropolitan Areas; 4. Explaining the Dissimilarities of Metropolitan Form; Part III Life; 5. Everyday Life in the Metropolitan Area; 6. The Structure of the Metropolitan Community; Part IV Change; 7. The Metropolitan Community and the Privatization of Life; 8. Changing the Metropolitan Community in the United States; Index