Description |
1 online resource (533 pages) |
Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword by Rutledge M. Denis; Preface by Susan R. Trencher; Acknowledgements; Introduction by Hugh Gusterson; Chapter 1: Entering the Field (1980); Chapter 2: First Acquaintances; Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Community; Chapter 4: Getting Started: Student Workers, Background Research and Networking; Chapter 5: Conversations, Opinions, and Confidences; Chapter 6: Searching for Self: Religion and Conversion, Black Issues and Identity; Chapter 7: Interviewing in Earnest; Chapter 8: Wrapping Up and Leave-Taking; Conclusion; Afterword; Index |
Summary |
The author provides journals of field work, and interviews with the African American members of a community depicted in a famous sociological study, in which they were previously ignored. Dr. Dennis lives in the community and carefully annotates his findings by reporting on the religious, political, educational, and ethnic beliefs, values, and behaviors displayed by members of the community |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
African Americans -- Middle West -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Case studies
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African Americans -- Indiana -- Muncie -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Gender & Ethnic Studies.
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Social Sciences.
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Ethnic & Race Studies.
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SUBJECT |
Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century
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Subject |
Indiana -- Muncie
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Middle West
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Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780773411173 |
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0773411178 |
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