A Hoosier Village: A Sociological Study. With Special Reference to Social Causation

✍ Scribed by Newell Leroy Sims

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 192
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A study of a "Hoosier" village in Indiana, home of the author. The first part covers the history and description of the community, looking at social development. The second part examines unique phenomena within the community and what may have caused them. This town is referred to as Aton, to conceal the identity of the place and its inhabitants.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Part I. The Social Development of Aton
Section I. The Social Population
Chapter I. The Place, Its Situation and Environment
Chapter II. Aggregation
Section II. The Social Organization
Chapter I. Economic Activity
Chapter II. Juridical Activity
Chapter III. Agencies of Unorganized Social Self-Control
Chapter IV. Political Activity
Chapter V. Religious Activities
Chapter VI. Educational Activity
Chapter VII. Co-Operative Association
Section III. The Social Mind
Chapter I. Social Survivals: Social Egotism, Superstition, Magic
Chapter II. Conflict
Chapter III. Imitation
Chapter IV. Social Democracy
Chapter V. Religious Standards
Chapter VI. Ethical Standards
Chapter VII. Forces Determining Social Pleasures
Chapter VIII. Pleasures of Physical Activity
Chapter IX. Pleasures of Receptive Sensation
Chapter X. Pleasures of Emotional Ideation
Chapter XI. Pleasures of Ideation
Part II. Social Causation
Chapter I. The Origin of Magic
Chapter II. Religion
Chapter III. Politics
Chapter IV. Democracy
Chapter V. Pleasure
Chapter VI. The Social Environment and the Individual
Chapter VII. Progress