TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Preface | xi | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| A note on the organization of the book | 10 |
| Chapter 1 | LIVING IN APPLETON | 19 |
| Appleton, a sociological sketch | 19 | |
| Marc Howard, an autobiography | 22 | |
| Elaine Howard, an autobiography | 24 | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Howard, a family biography | 25 | |
| By oneself and with a little help from one's friends | 27 | |
| The Farm Bureau: Two creation myths | 29 | |
| The Farm Bureau Creed | 33 | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Howard and their children: Conversion and change of life | 35 | |
| Individualism: An initial statement | 40 | |
| Chapter 2 | INDIVIDUALITY, HUMANITY, AND THE PERSON | 42 |
| Education | 42 | |
| Sociology as psychology | 47 | |
| Kinship and marriage | 49 | |
| Individualism and social structure | 52 | |
| Chapter 3 | INDIVIDUALISM IN RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY 55 | 55 |
| A religious "text" | 56 | |
| The morality of Protestantism | 62 |
| Introduction | 69 | |
| Chapter 4 | EVERYBODY AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE |
71 |
| John and his friends | 71 | |
| The social organization of an elementary group | 76 | |
| John's friends: A historical and processual analysis | 79 | |
| Other groups | 83 | |
| Farmers and townspeople | 87 | |
| Everybody | 92 | |
| Chapter 5 | RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION | 96 |
| Differentiation and ranking: The social organization of Protestantism | 98 | |
| Protestant ritualism | 110 | |
| The meaning of Protestant ritualism | 115 | |
| The Catholic Church in Appleton: Enculturation and ethnicity | 121 | |
| Chapter 6 | GOVERNMENT DEMOCRACY | 128 |
| The limits of a democracy | 132 | |
| The rituals of a democracy | 140 | |
| Parliamentary procedures and civil religion | 147 | |
| Chapter 7 | COMMUNITY | 150 |
| Introduction | 163 | |
| Chapter 8 | AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY | 166 |
| In love | 167 | |
| A time to destroy and a time to create | 174 | |
| Chapter 9 | HAPPINESS AND FUN: A FURTHER ANALYSIS OF JOHN AND SUE'S LOVE STORY | 176 |
| The relevance of social organizational pressures on marriage choice | 177 | |
| Happiness | 180 | |
| Why Sue married John: A cultural interpretation | 185 | |
| Chapter 10 | LOVE | 188 |
| Love and kinship | 188 | |
| Love and sex | 190 | |
| Love and marriage | 193 | |
| Love, religion and mythology | 195 | |
| Love and Charity, | 199 | |
| Love and happiness | 202 | |
| Chapter 11 | INDIVIDUALISM, COMMUNITY AND LOVE | 204 |
| The universal and the particular | 213 | |
| Culture as communicative action | 215 | |
| From culture to cultures | 218 | |
| The scientific study of culture | 221 | |
| The analysis of culture: Explanation and understanding | 224 | |
| The analysis of culture: Data and procedures | 227 | |
| American culture | 231 |
call number: HN79.A14 V37 1977.
DESCRIPT xiv, 242 p. ; 23 cm. NOTE Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Chicago. BIBLIOG. Bibliography: p. 239-242.