The author examines classic American community studies written during the past fifty years, such as Robert Park on Chicago, the Lynds on Muncie (Middletown), Lloyd Warner on Newburyport, to formulate a theory of American community development.

Originally published in 1960.

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Maurice Robert Stein

• Frontmatter,
• Preface and Acknowledgments,
• Preface,
• Acknowledgments,
• Contents,
• Introduction,
• Chapter 1. Robert Park and Urbanization in Chicago,
• Chapter 2. The Lynds and Industrialization in Middletown,
• Chapter 3. Lloyd Warner and Bureaucratization in Yankee City,
• Chapter 4. Toward a Theory of American Communities,
• Introduction to Part II,
• Chapter 5. The Slum: Street Corner Society,
• Chapter 6. Bohemia: Creation, Negation, Flight, and Revolt,
• Chapter 7. Deep South,
• Chapter 8. World War II and Military Communities,
• Chapter 9. Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare?,
• Introduction to Part III,
• Chapter 10. Anthropological Perspectives on the Modern Community,
• Chapter 11. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Modern Community,
• Chapter 12. Sociological Perspectives on the Modern Community,
• Epilogue,
• Bibliography (Selective),
• Name Index,
• Subject Index,