Lynd, Robert (Staughton); and Lynd, Helen
- Lynd, Robert (Staughton); and Lynd, Helen
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born Sept. 26, 1892, New Albany, Ind., U.S.
died Nov. 1, 1970, Warren, Conn.
died Jan. 30, 1982, Warren, Ohio
U.S. sociologists.
The Lynds taught for several decades at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College, respectively. In their collaboration on the studies
Middletown (1929) and
Middletown in Transition (1937), classics of sociological literature as well as popular successes, they became the first scholars to apply the methods of
cultural anthropology to the study of a modern Western city (
Muncie,
Ind.).
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Robert Staughton Lynd — (1892 1970) was an American sociologist born in New Albany, Indiana. He was a professor of sociology at Columbia University, New York City.Robert and Helen Lynd are best known for writing the groundbreaking Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana… … Wikipedia
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Lynd — /lind/, n. Robert Staughton /stawt n/, 1892 1970, and his wife Helen (Merrell) /mer euhl/, 1896 1982, U.S. sociologists. * * * … Universalium
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Middletown studies — The Middletown studies were sociological case studies of the City of Muncie in Indiana conducted by Robert Staughton Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd, husband and wife sociologists. The Lynds findings were detailed in Middletown: A Study in Modern… … Wikipedia
