The Eclipse of Community : : An Interpretation of American Studies / / Maurice Robert Stein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Stein, Maurice Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1716
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface and Acknowledgments --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; PART I. FOUNDATIONS --; Chapter 1. Robert Park and Urbanization in Chicago --; Chapter 2. The Lynds and Industrialization in Middletown --; Chapter 3. Lloyd Warner and Bureaucratization in Yankee City --; Chapter 4. Toward a Theory of American Communities --; PART II. DEVELOPMENT --; Introduction to Part II --; Chapter 5. The Slum: Street Corner Society --; Chapter 6. Bohemia: Creation, Negation, Flight, and Revolt --; Chapter 7. Deep South --; Chapter 8. World War II and Military Communities --; Chapter 9. Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare? --; PART III. PERSPECTIVES --; Introduction to Part III --; Chapter 10. Anthropological Perspectives on the Modern Community --; Chapter 11. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Modern Community --; Chapter 12. Sociological Perspectives on the Modern Community --; Epilogue --; Bibliography (Selective) --; Name Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400868476; 9783110426847; 9783110413601; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400868476
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Maurice Robert Stein.

The author examines classic American community studies written during the past fifty years, such as Robert Park on Chicago, the Lynds on Muncie (Middletown), Lloyd Warner on Newburyport, to formulate a theory of American community development.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.