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.
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Sociologist and educator Helen Merrell Lynd (1896-1982) was a coauthor of the classic sociological study "Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture". With her husband, Robert S. Lynd, she studied the beliefs and practices of the residents of a small industrial town to provide a unique portrait of American life in the 1920s. They returned to the town during the Great Depression of the 1930s to observe changes in the community, a study which was published as "Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts".
Sociologist and educator Helen Merrell Lynd (1896-1982) was a coauthor of the classic sociological study "Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture". With her husband, Robert S. Lynd, she studied the beliefs and practices of the residents of a small industrial town to provide a unique portrait of American life in the 1920s. They returned to the town during the Great Depression of the 1930s to observe changes in the community, a study which was published as "Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts".
Helen Merrell Lynd, with her husband, Robert S. Lynd, coauthored the classic sociological work Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture. A study of the lives of the citizens of an average American town in the 1920s, the book became a best-seller and a standard text for sociology students. The Lynds followed up on Middletown residents in the 1930s, producing the volume Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts. In addition to these collaborative works with her husband, Lynd also had a successful independent career in academia. A longtime member of the staff of Sarah Lawrence College, she wrote a number of books on education, history, philosophy, and sociology.
Sociologist and educator Helen Merrell Lynd (1896-1982) was a coauthor of the classic sociological study "Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture". With her husband, Robert S. Lynd, she studied the beliefs and practices of the residents of a small industrial town to provide a unique portrait of American life in the 1920s. They returned to the town during the Great Depression of the 1930s to observe changes in the community, a study which was published as "Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts".
Helen Merrell Lynd, with her husband, Robert S. Lynd, coauthored the classic sociological work Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture. A study of the lives of the citizens of an average American town in the 1920s, the book became a best-seller and a standard text for sociology students. The Lynds followed up on Middletown residents in the 1930s, producing the volume Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts. In addition to these collaborative works with her husband, Lynd also had a successful independent career in academia. A longtime member of the staff of Sarah Lawrence College, she wrote a number of books on education, history, philosophy, and sociology.
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Ground-breaking, Insightful, and Still Relevant,
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This review is from: Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts (Harvest/HBJ Book) (Paperback)
Sociologists Robert and Helen Lynd conducted this remarkable study of a middle-American town (Muncie, Indiana) and its culture in the 1920's. The Lynds were the first to apply techniques of cultural anthropology, as they observed and interviewed ordinary citizens. The Lynds found most persons living in two-parent families (most women were housewives), clear divisions between professionals and the working class, and strong tendencies to conform. The Lynds noted increasing sketicism towards organized religion, politicians, and voting, with the city's business leaders almost exclusively Republican. The Lynds also found parents complaining about their kids avoiding them, staying out too late at parties, and having too much freedom. In turn, the kids felt their parents were uncommunicative, overly strict, and too old-fashioned. Sound familiar? Technology may change - at the time radio's, telephones and refrigerators were new devices in many homes - but human nature pretty much stays the same.
Robert Lynd (1892-1970) and his wife Helen (1896-1982) were highly capable professional sociologists blessed with the uncommon ability (among academics) of writing easy-reading prose. We read this book in college and most of us found it nicely readable and very insightful.
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