Middletown

<p>2025 Reprint of the 1929 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. <em>A classic influential study of the average American town where the heart of America is located.</em> In this famous study of day-by-day 'living' in a representative small American city you may find a complete picture of our culture. Making a Home Getting a Living Training the Young Spending Leisure Carrying on Government Religion--all these divisions of our complex round of life are examined in detail. <em style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1)>Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture</em><span style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1)> published in 1929 by sociologists Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd is a groundbreaking sociological study that examines life in a typical American small town. Set in Middletown-a pseudonym for Muncie Indiana-the book explores how industrialization technology and societal changes have impacted family life work education religion and leisure in the 1920s. By analyzing a broad spectrum of daily activities the Lynds provide an in-depth portrait of American middle-class life capturing the cultural shifts and tensions of the time. </span><em style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1)>Middletown</em><span style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1)> remains a classic offering valuable insights into the roots of American culture and modern social dynamics.</span></p><p>Chapters Include: Nature of the investigation -- The city selected -- The historical setting -- The dominance of getting a living -- Who earn Middletown's living? -- What Middletown does to get its living -- The long arm of the job -- Why do they work so hard? -- The houses in which Middletown lives -- Marriage -- Child-rearing -- Food clothing and housework -- Who go to school? -- The things children learn -- Those who train the young -- School life -- Traditional ways of spending leisure -- Inventions re-making leisure -- The organization of leisure -- Dominant religious beliefs -- Where and when religious rites are carried on -- Leaders and participants in religious rites -- Religious observances -- The machinery of government -- Keeping healthy -- Caring for the unable -- Getting information -- Things making and unmaking group solidarity.</p>