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

• Main Author: Ray, Scott
• Other Authors: Barber, John R.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Recollection (Psychology); United States > History.
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/181024; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/415979

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.