Samuel Stouffer and the GI survey : sociologists and soldiers during the Second World War / Joseph W. Ryan ; with an introduction by David R. Segal. [electronic resource]
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TextSeries: Legacies of warPublisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)ISBN: - 9781621900252 (e-book)
- Stouffer, Samuel A., 1900-1960
- United States. War Department. Information and Education Division. Research Branch -- History
- Military morale -- United States
- Social surveys -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sociologists -- United States -- Biography
- 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
- 940.54/173 23
- UA23 .R96 2013
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2013).
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.