Samuel Stouffer and the GI Survey : Sociologists and Soldiers during the Second World War

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Samuel Stouffer, a little-known sociologist from Sac City, Iowa, is likely not a name World War II historians associate with other stalwart men of the war, such as Eisenhower, Patton, or MacArthur. Yet Stouffer, in his role as head of the Army Information and Education Division's Research Branc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ryan, Joseph W., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : Univ Tennessee Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Stouffer, Samuel A., > 1900-1960.
Soldiers > Social conditions.
Soldiers > Attitudes.
Sociology, Military.
Sociologists.
Social surveys.
Social aspects.
Psychological aspects.
Military morale.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Militaires > Moral > États-Unis.
Sociologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Enquêtes sociales > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sociologie militaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Psychological aspects.
Military morale > United States.
Sociologists > United States > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Soldiers > United States > Attitudes.
Social surveys > United States > History > 20th century.
Sociology, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
Stouffer Samuel A. > 1900-1960.
United States.
United States > War Department. > Information and Education Division. > Research Branch > History.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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