Research Catalog

Title

Small town in mass society : class, power, and religion in a rural community / Arthur J. Vidich and Joseph Bensman.

Author

Vidich, Arthur J.

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2000.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Bensman, Joseph.

Description

xxxviii, 521 pages; 21 cm

Summary

"Through a close study of "Springdale, New York," Arthur J. Vidich and Joseph Bensman depict the small town as continuously and increasingly drawn into the central institutions and processes of the total society. Vidich and Bensman based their conclusions on extensive interviews with and close observation of the inhabitants of one community."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Villages > United States
• Mass society
• United States > Rural conditions

Note

• Originally published: Rev. ed. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1968.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Social, Economic and Historical Setting of the Community -- 2. Springdale's Image of Itself -- 3. The Major Dimensions of Social and Economic Class -- 4. Springdale and the Mass Society -- 5. The Business Character of Village Politics -- 6. The Prosperous Farmers and Town Government -- 7. The Clash of Class Interests in School Politics -- 8. Reciprocal Political Relations between Springdale and Mass Society -- 9. Religion and the Affirmation of the Present -- 10. Community Integration Through Leadership -- 11. Personality and the Minimization of Personal Conflicts -- 12. A Theory of the Contemporary American Community -- 13. Methods of Community Research -- 14. Ethical and Bureaucratic Implications of Community Research -- Afterword / Arthur J. Vidich.

ISBN

0252068904 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

99053655

OCLC

• 42683031
• ocm42683031
• SCSB-3902624

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries