The Norristown Study : : An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Research Training / / Sidney Goldstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Goldstein, Sidney,
• MitwirkendeR: Calderhead, William L.,; Cochran, Thomas C.,; Cross, Lawrence J.,; Dorfman, William,; Goldstein, Sidney,; Huganir, George H.,; Ianni, Francis A. J.,; Lalli, Michael,; Lee, Anne S.,; Mayer, Kurt,; Messing, Simon D.,; Palmer, Gladys L.,; Sharlin, Harold I.,; Soltow, James H.,; Toole, Robert C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1961]; ©1961
• Year of Publication: 1961
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)

Contributors: William L. Calderhead, Lawrence J. Cross, S. J., William Dorfman, George H. Huganir, Jr., Francis A. J. lanni, Michael Lalli, Anne S. Lee, Kurt B. Mayer, Simon D. Messing, Gladys L. Palmer, Harold I. Sharlin, James H. Soltow, Robert C. Toole.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Author's Preface -- Contents -- LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES -- 1. THE NORRISTOWN STUDY -- 2 . THE NORRISTOWN COMMUNITY -- 3. SOURCES OF DATA -- 4. THE NORRISTOWN HOUSEHOLD SURVEY -- 5. STUDIES OF POPULATION -- PATTERNS OF MIGRATION AND OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY -- CHANGES IN THE JOURNEY TO WORK -- SOME FACTORS IN INTER GENERATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY -- CHANGING PATTERNS OF FERTILITY, 1920-1950 -- DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY IN NORRISTOWN, 1952 -- 6. STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ON THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE -- PATTERNS OF BUSINESS GROWTH AND SURVIVAL -- THE SMALL CITY INDUSTRIALIST, 1900-1950 -- HISTORY OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN NORRISTOWN, 1900-1950 -- 7. STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ON THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER -- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTS IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES OF NORRISTOWN -- THE HOSIERY LOOPER IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A STUDY OF FAMILY OCCUPATIONAL PROCESSES AND ADAPTATION TO FACTORY AND COMMUNITY CHANGE, 1900-1950 -- INDUSTRIAL RELOCATION OF DISPLACED MALE FACTORY WORKERS: SOME SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- ATTITUDES TOWARD WORK IN AN INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY -- 8. STUDIES OF ACCULTURATION AND OF COMMUNICATION -- RESIDENTIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY AS INDICES OF THE ACCULTURATION OF ITALIANS IN NORRISTOWN, 1900-1950 -- THE CATHOLICS IN NORRISTOWN -- ACCULTURATION AMONG THE JEWS OF NORRISTOWN -- MASS COMMUNICATION, 1900-1950 -- 9. OTHER STUDIES -- 10. SUMMARY AND EVALUATION -- APPENDIX A: Household Schedule, Personal Schedule, Evaluation Sheet -- APPENDIX B: Theses, Papers, and Publications, Completed or in Preparation under the Sponsorship of the Norristown Seminar -- APPENDIX C: Publicity Releases of the Norristown Study -- Index