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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809245603321

Autore

Ryan Joseph W. <1962->

Titolo

Samuel Stouffer and the GI survey : sociologists and soldiers during the Second World War / / Joseph W. Ryan ; with an introduction by David R. Segal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville : , : University of Tennessee Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-62190-025-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Legacies of war

Altri autori (Persone)

StoufferSamuel A. <1900-1960.>

Disciplina

940.54/173

Soggetti

Military morale - United States

Social surveys - United States - History - 20th century

Sociologists - United States

Sociology, Military - United States - History - 20th century

Soldiers - United States - Attitudes

Soldiers - United States - Social conditions - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Samuel A. Stouffer and military sociology / David R. Segal -- Meet Sam Stouffer -- Stouffer in the interwar years -- Impulses and stimuli for the Research Branch -- The Research Branch rising -- The Research Branch refined -- Structure and findings of the American soldier -- Reception and criticism of the American soldier -- Stouffer, the Research Branch, and the American soldier postbellum -- Epilogue.