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The Other Side of Middletown. Exploring Muncie's African American Community.
Lassiter, Luke Eric; Goodall, Hurley; Campbell, Elizabeth; Johnson, Michelle Natasya
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Description for The Other Side of Middletown. Exploring Muncie's African American Community.
Hardback. Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous study by Lynd and Lynd, "Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture", this book uncovers the neglected part of the story of Middletown, a well-known pseudonym for the Midwestern city of Muncie, Indiana. It is a useful resource for community research. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous community study by Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd, Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture, the authors initiated this project to reveal the unrecorded historical and contemporary life of Middletown, a well-known pseudonym for the Midwestern city of Muncie, Indiana. As a collaboration of community and campus, this book recounts the early efforts of Hurley Goodall to develop a community history and archive that told the story of the African American community, and rectify the representation of small town America as exclusively white. The authors designed ... Read more
Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous community study by Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd, Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture, the authors initiated this project to reveal the unrecorded historical and contemporary life of Middletown, a well-known pseudonym for the Midwestern city of Muncie, Indiana. As a collaboration of community and campus, this book recounts the early efforts of Hurley Goodall to develop a community history and archive that told the story of the African American community, and rectify the representation of small town America as exclusively white. The authors designed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759104839
SKU
V9780759104839
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About Lassiter, Luke Eric; Goodall, Hurley; Campbell, Elizabeth; Johnson, Michelle Natasya
Luke Eric Lassiter is Professor of Humanities and Anthropology and director of the graduate humanities program at Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, WV. Hurley Goodall is a former Indiana state legislator and recipient of the Distinguished Hoosier Award from Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon. Elizabeth Campbell is an independent folklorist who specializes in community-based arts and history. Michelle Natasya ... Read more
Reviews for The Other Side of Middletown. Exploring Muncie's African American Community.
A puzzle is complete only when the last piece is in place. With this fascinating study, the path breaking 1929 book Middletown is finally complete. Now the true flavor and feel of middle American life emerges. This is a breakthrough.
Juan Williams, political analyst and author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 Readers who are ... Read more
Juan Williams, political analyst and author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 Readers who are ... Read more