Samuel Stouffer and the GI survey : sociologists and soldiers during the Second World War / Joseph W. Ryan ; with an introduction by David R. Segal.
Material type: TextSeries: Legacies of warPublisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781621900252Subject(s): 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 StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 940.54/173 LOC classification: UA23 | .R96 2013Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes 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.
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