Main entry:

Lynd, Robert Staughton, 1892-1970.

Title & Author:

Middletown : a study in contemporary American culture / by Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd; foreword by Clark Wissler.

Publication:

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1929]
©1929

Description:

x pages, 2 leaves, pages 3-550 ; 23 cm

Notes:
Issued also as thesis (PH. D.)--Columbia University.
"The city will be called Middletown ... [and] is in the east-north-central group of states that includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin."--Page 7-8.
"The Institute of social and religious research ... financed the investigation."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nature of the investigation -- The city selected -- The historical setting -- The dominance of getting a living -- Who earn Middletown's living? -- What Middletown does to get its living -- The long arm of the job -- Why do they work so hard? -- The houses in which Middletown lives -- Marriage -- Child-rearing -- Food, clothing, and housework -- Who go to school? -- The things children learn -- Those who train the young -- School "life" -- Traditional ways of spending leisure -- Inventions re-making leisure -- The organization of leisure -- Dominant religious beliefs -- Where and when religious rites are carried on -- Leaders and participants in religious rites -- Religious observances -- The machinery of government -- Keeping healthy -- Caring for the unable -- Getting information -- Things making and unmaking group solidarity.

Summary:

A classic, influential study of the average American town. "Here is the heart of America. In this famous study of day-by-day 'living' in a representative small American city, you may find a complete picture of our culture. Making a Home, Getting a Living, Training the Young, Spending Leisure, Carrying on Government, Religion--all these divisions of our complex round of life are examined in detail."--Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0156595508 (paperback)
9780156595506 (paperback)

Subject:

Cities and towns United States.
Cost and standard of living United States.
Social surveys.
Community life.
Culture.
Social history.
Social values.
Social Conditions
Social Values
Villes États-Unis.
Coût et niveau de la vie États-Unis.
Enquêtes sociales.
Communauté.
Histoire sociale.
Valeurs sociales.
culture note.
social history.
culture (concept)
Cities and towns
Cost and standard of living
Religion
Social conditions
United States Social conditions.
United States Religion.
United States Economic conditions 1918-1945.
United States
États-Unis Conditions sociales.
États-Unis Religion.

Added entries:

Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947, writer of foreword.
Lynd, Helen Merrell, 1896-1982, author.
Harcourt Brace & Company, publisher.
Study in contemporary American culture.
United States New York (State) New York

Holdings:

Location: Library main 15877
Call No.: W9102; ID:87-B15963
Status: Available