PSYCHOLOGY AND THE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORICAL EVENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART ONE: TECHNIQUES OF CULTURAL ANALYSIS
6. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 19
7. SOCIETY AS VIEWED BY THE ANTHROPOLOGIST 20
8. CLIO AND PSYCHE: SOME INTERRELATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HISTORY 34
9. PSYCHOLOGY AND THE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORICAL EVENTS 48
10. PART TWO: CULTURAL GROUPS
11. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 61
12. CULTURAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES 62
13. APPROACHES T O THE STUDY OF NATIONALITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES
14. Cultural Contribution versus Cultural Assimilation 74
15. Cultural Contribution versus Cultural Assimilation 78
16. The Transitional Character of Nationality Group Culture 82
17. European Backgrounds and American Rivalries 84
18. Summary of the Discussion 86
19. PART THREE: CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
20. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 93
21. THE PEASANT FAMILY:THE ZADRUGA,OR COMMUNAL JOINT-FAMILY IN THE BALKANS,AND ITS RECENT EVOLUTION 95
22. THE PEASANT FAMILY: THE CHINESE LARGE FAMILY, ITS ROLE AND RECENT TRENDS 109
23. THE PEASANT HOUSE HOLD UNDER THE MIR AND THE KOLKHOZ IN MODERN RUSSIAN HISTORY 125
24. THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL CITY:MANCHESTER, 1780-1850 140
25. THE CORPORATION: AN INSTITUTIONAL FACTOR IN MODERN HISTORY 162
26. THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE CORPORATION IN THE UNITED STATES1 168
27. THE GERMAN ARMY OF THE SECOND REICH AS A CULTURAL INSTITUTION 182
28. PART FOUR: THE CULTURAL ROLE OF IDEAS
29. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 199
30. MEDIEVAL INTELLECTUAL HISTORY: ECCLESIASTICAL OR SECULAR? 202
31. THE HISTORICAL POSITION OF LIBERALISM 212
32. PART FIVE: THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL CHANGE
33. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 225
34. THE INDUSTRIAL CITY:CENTER OF CULTURAL CHANGE 228
35. THE MODERNIZATION OF CHINA AND JAPAN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN CULTURAL CONFLICT 243
36. THE FLOWERING OF NEW ENGLAND
37. Economic Ferment 252
38. Basic Cultural Unity 254
39. The Social and Economic Characteristics of the Leaders 259
40. Boston's Puritan Heritage and Its "Flowering" in Literature and Theology 264
41. Connecticut's "Flowering" in Science and Reform 267
42. PART SIX: SOURCES AND MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF CULTURAL HISTORY
43. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 273
44. THE VALUE OF LOCAL HISTORY 275
45. THE USE OF POPULATION DATA
46. The Historical Context of Population Study 287
47. Medieval Demography 291
48. The New South, 1880-1936: A Study in Population Movements 294
49. Local Historical Studies and Population Problems 300
50. FOLKLORE AS A NEGLECTED SOURCE OF SOCIAL HISTORY 308
51. FOLK MUSIC AS A SOURCE OF SOCIAL HISTORY 316
52. DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS 324
53. DIALECT AREAS, SETTLEMENT AREAS, AND CULTURE AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES 331
54. LATIN LITERATURE AS A SOURCE FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL CULTURE 346
55. INDEX 353