Small Town in Mass Society: Class Power and Religion in a Rural Community (1958)

by Arthur J. Vidich, Joseph Bensman

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A sociological study, useful for an understanding of the place of the small town in a growing society, with material detailing the town's reaction to the publication of the book.

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Small Town in Mass Society: Class Power and Religion in a Rural Community

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1958

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TO HANS H. GERTH
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Introduction to Revised Edition
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It is now ten years since Princeton University Press originally published Small Town in Mass Society.

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It is perhaps easiest to describe the purpose of this book by first describing what it is not.

Chapter 1
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Social, Economic, and Historical Setting of the Community
A First Impression
Springdale is located in upper New York state about twenty-five miles from three different commercial-industrial centers, medium in size, in a region that is ordinarily regarded as primarily agricultural.

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