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Author:

Ryan, Joseph W., 1962-

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxxi, 279 p.; 24 cm.

Subject:

Stouffer, Samuel A.,--1900-1960.
Sociology, Military--United States--History--20th century.
United States.--Research Branch--Information and Education Division.--Research Branch--History.
Social surveys--United States--History--20th century.
Soldiers--United States--Attitudes.
Soldiers--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Sociologists--United States--Biography.
Military morale--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Stouffer, Samuel A., 1900-1960. The American soldier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Legacies of war series

ISBN:

1572339969 (hardcover)
9781572339965 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)849641503

LCCN:

2013021325

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)