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
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 ran...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/181024 http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/415979 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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