The Norristown Study
An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Research Training
Will be published approx. on 29. January 1961
Book
Hardback
382 pages
978-1-5128-2215-1 (ISBN)
Description
Contributors: William L. Calderhead, Lawrence J. Cross, S. J., William Dorfman, George H. Huganir, Jr., Francis A. J. lanni, Michael Lalli, Anne S. Lee, Kurt B. Mayer, Simon D. Messing, Gladys L. Palmer, Harold I. Sharlin, James H. Soltow, Robert C. Toole.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5128-2215-1 (9781512822151)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Foreword
-Thomas C. Cochran
Preface
List of Maps and Tables
1. THE NORRISTOWN STUDY
2. THE NORRISTOWN COMMUNITY
3. SOURCES OF DATA
4. THE NORRISTOWN HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
5. STUDIES OF POPULATION
Patterns of Migration and Occupational Mobility
-Sidney Goldstein
Changes in the Journey to Work
-Sidney Goldstein
Some Factors in Intergenerational Occupational Mobility
-William Dorfman
Changing Patterns of Fertility, 1920-1950
-Sidney Goldstein
Differential Fertility in Norristown, 1952
-Anne S. Lee
6. STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ON THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
Patterns of Business Growth and Survival
-Sidney Goldstein and Kurt Mayer
The Small City Industrialist, 1900-1950
-James H. Soltow
History of the Labor Movement in Norristown, 1900-1950
-William L. Calderhead
7. STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ON THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER
Technological Change and its Effects in Selected Industries of Norristown
-Harold I. Sharhn
The Hosiery Looper in the Twentieth Century: A Study of Family Occupational Processes and Adaptation to Factory and Community Change, 1900-1950
-George H. Huganir, Jr.
Industrial Relocation of Displaced Male Factory Workers: Some Sociological Implications
-Michael Lalli
Attitudes Toward Work in an Industrial Community
-Gladys L. Palmer
8. STUDIES OF ACCULTURATION AND OF COMMUNICATION
Residential and Occupational Mobility as Indices of the Acculturation of Italians in Norristown, 1900-1950
-Francis A. J. lanni
The Catholics in Norristown
-Lawrence J, Cross, S.J.
Acculturation among the Jews of Norristown
-Simon D. Messing
Mass Communication, 1900-1950
-Robert C. Toole
9. OTHER STUDIES
10. SUMMARY AND EVALUATION
APPENDICES
A. Household Schedule, Personal Schedule, Evaluation Sheet
B. Theses, Papers, and Publications, Completed or in Preparation under the Sponsorship of the Norristown Seminar
C. Publicity Releases of the Norristown Study
INDEX
-Thomas C. Cochran
Preface
List of Maps and Tables
1. THE NORRISTOWN STUDY
2. THE NORRISTOWN COMMUNITY
3. SOURCES OF DATA
4. THE NORRISTOWN HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
5. STUDIES OF POPULATION
Patterns of Migration and Occupational Mobility
-Sidney Goldstein
Changes in the Journey to Work
-Sidney Goldstein
Some Factors in Intergenerational Occupational Mobility
-William Dorfman
Changing Patterns of Fertility, 1920-1950
-Sidney Goldstein
Differential Fertility in Norristown, 1952
-Anne S. Lee
6. STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ON THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
Patterns of Business Growth and Survival
-Sidney Goldstein and Kurt Mayer
The Small City Industrialist, 1900-1950
-James H. Soltow
History of the Labor Movement in Norristown, 1900-1950
-William L. Calderhead
7. STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGE ON THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER
Technological Change and its Effects in Selected Industries of Norristown
-Harold I. Sharhn
The Hosiery Looper in the Twentieth Century: A Study of Family Occupational Processes and Adaptation to Factory and Community Change, 1900-1950
-George H. Huganir, Jr.
Industrial Relocation of Displaced Male Factory Workers: Some Sociological Implications
-Michael Lalli
Attitudes Toward Work in an Industrial Community
-Gladys L. Palmer
8. STUDIES OF ACCULTURATION AND OF COMMUNICATION
Residential and Occupational Mobility as Indices of the Acculturation of Italians in Norristown, 1900-1950
-Francis A. J. lanni
The Catholics in Norristown
-Lawrence J, Cross, S.J.
Acculturation among the Jews of Norristown
-Simon D. Messing
Mass Communication, 1900-1950
-Robert C. Toole
9. OTHER STUDIES
10. SUMMARY AND EVALUATION
APPENDICES
A. Household Schedule, Personal Schedule, Evaluation Sheet
B. Theses, Papers, and Publications, Completed or in Preparation under the Sponsorship of the Norristown Seminar
C. Publicity Releases of the Norristown Study
INDEX