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Fox, Karl A. – 1990
The concept of behavior settings--the environments shaping individual behavior--was originated by Roger Barker in 1950 in connection with his community surveys in a small Kansas town, code-named Midwest. This book seeks to provide rural social scientists with an understanding of Barker's eco-behavioral approach and proposed adaptations of it to…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Community Study, Data Interpretation
Carter, Thomas; Fleischhauer, Carl – 1988
Grouse Creek is a small Mormon ranching community in the extreme northwest corner of Utah. A survey of that community was conducted during 1985 by a team of folklorists, architectural historians, and historians, with the purpose of testing the idea of combining in the same fieldwork a concern for architecture, folk arts, and folklife. The work was…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Area Studies, Community Study