Title: American society : a theory of the societal community /
Authors: Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979; Sciortino, Giuseppe, 1963-
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Sociology.; Social history.; Communities.; United States Social conditions.
Contents: Introduction -- The societal community and its environments -- Some highlights of the historical background -- Values and other structural features of the societal community -- Some substantive structure of the emerging societal community -- Social class as axis of cleavage-integration -- The gemeinshaft complex in American society I : ethnicity -- The gemeinshaft complex II : kinship, religion, style of life, education -- Communication and collective decision making : the mass media and the political process (three fragments) -- Individuality and institutionalized individualism.