Back to Middletown : three generations of sociological reflections / Rita Caccamo.

Author
Caccamo De Luca, Rita [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000.
Description
xxiii, 149 pages ; 24 cm

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    • "Back to Middletown differs from the numerous other investigations and analyses of one of the most famous community studies in the history of sociology. The book addresses, from a fresh perspective, major issues that have confronted sociology and social anthropology: relative levels of analysis, the relationship of empirical observation to theory building and conceptual frameworks of interpretation, and controversies focusing on the structure of power in America. In addition to its value and import as a theoretical work, the book takes up questions that reflect the contemporary contradictions and dissonances in the American social fabric.
    • As the author demonstrates, the story of Middletown is a continuing narrative, whose end is yet to be written, encapsulating the pain of social and economic alienation, political war, religious messianism, and personal demoralization."--Jacket.
    Notes
    Translation of: Ritorno a Middletown : la provincia americana dai Lynd agli anni '90.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-144) and index.
    Contents
    • Robert S. Lynd: Portrait of an Author
    • Middletown I: Eclipse of the Community
    • Middletown II: What Transition?
    • Muncie and Middletown: The Controversy About the Perrigo Case
    • Middletown III: The Story Continues
    • The Nineties in Middletown.
    ISBN
    • 0804734933 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780804734936 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0804738467
    • 9780804738460
    LCCN
    99016822
    OCLC
    41531636
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