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An Urban Interpretation of Oregon Settlement

An Urban Interpretation of Oregon Settlement Everett G. Smith, Jr. University of Oregon An Urban Interpretation of Oregon Settlement The importance of cities and the dominance of urban functions the tendency increases for people to live in and around cities, social scientists often employ the word "urban" as the strategic explanatory variable for a host of research efforts. in modern American life should be evident to most everyone. As Aside from the fact that "urban" has sometiiing to do with cities, there is little agreement over the meaning of the concept. If "urban" is viewed not only as a relatively large and dense form of setdement, but also as a social structure and style of life for a respectable proportion of a total population, tìien conventional notions about evolving American settlement merit re-examination.1 This paper raises questions about the significance of urbanization in the settling of Oregon during the past century. It can be argued that if urbanization involves processes not only of population concentration but also of a growing share of a total population engaged in urban activities of exchange and organization, then towns loom larger in the story of Oregon settlement than is generally recognized. For despite the limited size of most http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers University of Hawai'I Press

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Everett G. Smith, Jr. University of Oregon An Urban Interpretation of Oregon Settlement The importance of cities and the dominance of urban functions the tendency increases for people to live in and around cities, social scientists often employ the word "urban" as the strategic explanatory variable for a host of research efforts. in modern American life should be evident to most everyone. As Aside from the fact that "urban" has sometiiing to do with cities, there is little agreement over the meaning of the concept. If "urban" is viewed not only as a relatively large and dense form of setdement, but also as a social structure and style of life for a respectable proportion of a total population, tìien conventional notions about evolving American settlement merit re-examination.1 This paper raises questions about the significance of urbanization in the settling of Oregon during the past century. It can be argued that if urbanization involves processes not only of population concentration but also of a growing share of a total population engaged in urban activities of exchange and organization, then towns loom larger in the story of Oregon settlement than is generally recognized. For despite the limited size of most

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Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast GeographersUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Oct 1, 1967

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