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South Italian Folkways in Europe and America

South Italian Folkways in Europe and America PUBLIC HEALTH Jan., 1940 from their laboratories and tell the surgeons to drop their scalpels. " Surgery is still that science which deals with the failures of medicine or preventive medicine. One day complete success will be recorded by the workers in these two great fields, and at that moment the surgeon must needs say 'Vale!"' The book has an excellent bibliography, though the author makes no pretense of its being complete and largely on that account says the book is not a historical treatise. There are two good indices, one of names and one of subjects. There are 33 illustrations, all of which are excellent, and many very rare. Altogether, the book is an unusual one, and it is impossible to write about it without becoming enthusiastic. MAZYCK P. RAVENEL foreign birth. It gives accurate and sympathetic information concerning the lives and customs of persons now living in this country who migrated from southern Italy. The material is presented in so charming a manner one feels actually transported to one of Italy's picturesque sunny towns. The characteristic atmosphere is brought into the story so well it is easy to imagine oneself going to market or participating in the preparation of a meal-entering sympathetically into the complete daily lives of the people. The need for such a volume as this has been long realized by the groups for which it was written; such groups need similar volumes describing the manners and customs of the immigrants from several other countries. It is to be hoped that they will be written. A. P. HITCHENS Pool Standards -By Swimming Frederick W. Luehring. New York: Your Community: Its Provision Barnes, 1939. 273 pp. Price, $5.00. The purpose of this volume is to for Health, Education, Safety, Wel" provide guiding standards " for those fare-By Joanna C. Colcord. New " charged with the responsibility for the York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1939. planning, construction, and administra- 249 pp. Price, $.85. tion of swimming pools in educational This book, which is an outline of institutions." After a historical treat- what citizens ought to know about their ment of swimming pools-ancient, medi- community, had its origin in a pamphlet eval, and modern-the author discusses by Margaret Byington, first published laws, rules and regulations pertaining to by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1911 them today. Twenty criteria for judging entitled " What Social Workers Should standards are then set up followed by Know About Their Own Community." detailed discussion of the suggested It is designed to enable interested indistandards. A bibliography of 267 ref- viduals or groups to study their health, erences is presented and the references education, safety and welfare status or well connected to the discussions of activities in order that they may be standards. ARTHUR P. MILLER better prepared to take an active part in improving these conditions. It does South Italian Folkways in Europe not pretend to be an original plan for a and America-By Phyllis H. Wil- study of a community but brings toliams. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Uni- gether the criteria in the various fields versity Press (Institute of Human and the standards of good practice and Relations), 1938. 216 pp. Price, $2.50. good service set by various organizaThis volume, it is stated, was tions in these fields. written for social workers, visiting There are 19 chapters, covering the nurses, and school teachers and phy- method of study and use of material; sicians who work among people of organization and development of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

South Italian Folkways in Europe and America

American Journal of Public Health , Volume 30 (1) – Jan 1, 1940

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PUBLIC HEALTH Jan., 1940 from their laboratories and tell the surgeons to drop their scalpels. " Surgery is still that science which deals with the failures of medicine or preventive medicine. One day complete success will be recorded by the workers in these two great fields, and at that moment the surgeon must needs say 'Vale!"' The book has an excellent bibliography, though the author makes no pretense of its being complete and largely on that account says the book is not a historical treatise. There are two good indices, one of names and one of subjects. There are 33 illustrations, all of which are excellent, and many very rare. Altogether, the book is an unusual one, and it is impossible to write about it without becoming enthusiastic. MAZYCK P. RAVENEL foreign birth. It gives accurate and sympathetic information concerning the lives and customs of persons now living in this country who migrated from southern Italy. The material is presented in so charming a manner one feels actually transported to one of Italy's picturesque sunny towns. The characteristic atmosphere is brought into the story so well it is easy to imagine oneself going to market or participating in the preparation of a meal-entering sympathetically into the complete daily lives of the people. The need for such a volume as this has been long realized by the groups for which it was written; such groups need similar volumes describing the manners and customs of the immigrants from several other countries. It is to be hoped that they will be written. A. P. HITCHENS Pool Standards -By Swimming Frederick W. Luehring. New York: Your Community: Its Provision Barnes, 1939. 273 pp. Price, $5.00. The purpose of this volume is to for Health, Education, Safety, Wel" provide guiding standards " for those fare-By Joanna C. Colcord. New " charged with the responsibility for the York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1939. planning, construction, and administra- 249 pp. Price, $.85. tion of swimming pools in educational This book, which is an outline of institutions." After a historical treat- what citizens ought to know about their ment of swimming pools-ancient, medi- community, had its origin in a pamphlet eval, and modern-the author discusses by Margaret Byington, first published laws, rules and regulations pertaining to by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1911 them today. Twenty criteria for judging entitled " What Social Workers Should standards are then set up followed by Know About Their Own Community." detailed discussion of the suggested It is designed to enable interested indistandards. A bibliography of 267 ref- viduals or groups to study their health, erences is presented and the references education, safety and welfare status or well connected to the discussions of activities in order that they may be standards. ARTHUR P. MILLER better prepared to take an active part in improving these conditions. It does South Italian Folkways in Europe not pretend to be an original plan for a and America-By Phyllis H. Wil- study of a community but brings toliams. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Uni- gether the criteria in the various fields versity Press (Institute of Human and the standards of good practice and Relations), 1938. 216 pp. Price, $2.50. good service set by various organizaThis volume, it is stated, was tions in these fields. written for social workers, visiting There are 19 chapters, covering the nurses, and school teachers and phy- method of study and use of material; sicians who work among people of organization and development of the

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Published: Jan 1, 1940

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