English

Middletown, a study in contemporary American culture

550 pages ; 23 cm · The Institute of social and religious research...financed the investigation.Pref · "The city will be called Middletown ... [and] is in the east-north-central group of states that includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin."--p. 7-8 · Issued also as thesis (PH. D.) Columbia university · 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

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