Arthur J. Vidich, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at the New School for Social Research, is coauthor of Collaboration, Reputation, and Ethics in American Academic Life: Hans H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, among other books. The late Joseph Bensman was a distinguished professor of sociology at the City University of New York and the author of numerous books, including The New American Society: The Revolution of the Middle Class (with Arthur J. Vidich).

"A reprint of the classic ... small-town study combining sociology and anthropology... This edition will be of special interest because of a 28-page reminiscence by surviving author Arthur Vidich concerning the project and the ways in which colleagues and others reacted to the book." -- Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences

Arthur J. Vidich, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at the New School for Social Research, is coauthor of Collaboration, Reputation, and Ethics in American Academic Life: Hans H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, among other books. The late Joseph Bensman was a distinguished professor of sociology at the City University of New York and the author of numerous books, including The New American Society: The Revolution of the Middle Class (with Arthur J. Vidich).

"A reprint of the classic ... small-town study combining sociology and anthropology... This edition will be of special interest because of a 28-page reminiscence by surviving author Arthur Vidich concerning the project and the ways in which colleagues and others reacted to the book." -- Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences

Arthur J. Vidich, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at the New School for Social Research, is coauthor of Collaboration, Reputation, and Ethics in American Academic Life: Hans H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, among other books. The late Joseph Bensman was a distinguished professor of sociology at the City University of New York and the author of numerous books, including The New American Society: The Revolution of the Middle Class (with Arthur J. Vidich).

"A reprint of the classic ... small-town study combining sociology and anthropology... This edition will be of special interest because of a 28-page reminiscence by surviving author Arthur Vidich concerning the project and the ways in which colleagues and others reacted to the book." -- Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences