Popular historical recollection in "Middletown" : a quantitative study on the views of the Muncie public on aspects of pre-twentieth century America, compared to specialist opinion
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Ray, Scott
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Barber, John R., 1937-
Issue Date
1975
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Abstract
This thesis has explored the relationship between the historical concepts of the general public and those of historians. The study included concepts of the post-revolutionary period, the ante-bellum period, the Civil War, heroic figures, infamous figures, feminest revision, and Black revision. A random sample of Muncie, Indiana was studied in the survey, and that sample was stratified wiyh the variables of sex, race, age, family income, and level of education.