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- The Eclipse of Community: An Interpretation of American Studies
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- 2015
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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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.
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Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-7
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. 8-11
- Introduction
- pp. 16-23
- PART I. FOUNDATIONS
- 4. Toward a Theory of American Communities
- pp. 107-127
- PART II. DEVELOPMENT
- Introduction to Part II
- pp. 130-131
- 5. The Slum: Street Corner Society
- pp. 132-147
- 6. Bohemia:
- pp. 148-165
- 7. Deep South
- pp. 166-187
- 8. World War II and Military Communities
- pp. 188-211
- 9. Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare?
- pp. 212-239
- PART III. PERSPECTIVES
- Introduction to Part III
- p. 242
- Bibliography
- pp. 352-355
- Subject Index
- pp. 360-367
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