Small town in mass society
Subtitle: class, power, and religion in a rural community
By: Arthur J. Vidich and Joseph Bensman.
Contributors: Bensman, Joseph.
Edition: Rev. ed., 1st Illinois pbk. ed. / with a foreword by Michael W. Hughey and an afterword by Arthur J. Vidich.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
Subjects: Villages -- United States; Mass society; United States -- Rural conditions
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Originally published: Rev. ed. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1968.