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Goist, Park Dixon – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1975
The political evolution of a Cleveland suburb form a narrowly defined community to one in which pluralism is accepted and respected is described. (DE)
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Study, Cultural Pluralism, Local History
Frank, Carl M. – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1985
In 1920 Robert S. and Helen M. Lynd published the results of their exhaustive study of everyday life in Muncie, Indiana, dubbing the city "Middletown" as a symbol of the typical American community. Salient conclusions of the study are summarized, and significant recent literature on Middletown is assessed. (RM)
Descriptors: Community Study, Comparative Analysis, Culture, Life Style
Bohler, Gloria Ann – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1975
This article presents a short listing of historical sites in Indiana useful in commemorating the Bicentennial in the social studies curriculum. (JR)
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Community Study, Field Trips, Historic Sites
Young, Lawrence A.; Chadwick, Bruce – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1985
A replication of the 1920 Lynd study of everday life in Middletown, a typical America community, is presented. Data reveal that while Middletown did experience rapid change between 1890 and 1920 as the Industrial Revolution swept through middle America, there has been a significantly slower rate of change since then. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Study, Comparative Analysis, Divorce
