Middletown in Transition - A Study in Cultural Conflicts

The two classic studies of "Middletown" were pioneering works that examined the daily life of a typical small American city -- in actuality, Muncie, Indiana -- using the approach of social anthropology. The initial volume was published in the mid-1920s, when H. L. Mencken called it "one of the richest and most valuable documents ever concocted by American sociologists." The sequel, Middletown in Transition, returned to the same community in 1935, after six years of the Depression. Of enduring interest to students of sociology, these historic studies have also inspired a six-part television series, under the title "Middletown."

Summary

This sequel to Middletown returns to the same community in 1935, to examine the changes brought about by the prosperity of the late 1920s and the subsequent Depression. Preface by Robert S. Lynd; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Merrell Lynd, Robert S. Lynd, Robert Staughton Lynd
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.1982
• EAN: 9780156595513
• ISBN: 978-0-15-659551-3
• No. of pages: 624
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Harvest/HBJ Book; Harvest/HBJ Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Sociology, Social Theory, military history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Second World War, Local History, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Social research and statistics, US West, Poverty and precarity, Housing and homelessness, US Midwest, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States, HISTORY: WORLD, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Social Theory *, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General