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A comparative study of the role of values in social action in two southwestern communities
American sociological review • 18 • Published In 1953 • Pages: 645-654
By: Vogt, Evon Z. (Evon Zartman), O'Dea, Thomas F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study two neighboring communities, one Mormon and one non-Mormon, are compared for their orientations to social interaction, in particular, cooperation versus individualism. The authors contrast four areas of community activity: acquisition and use of land, street paving, building a school gymnasium, and holding community dances. In every case, the Mormon ideology of cooperation and the primacy of church and community over the individual is in strong contrast to the individualistic values of the non-Mormon town.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Dance
- Settlement patterns
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- "Rimrock", New Mexico and "Homestead", Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Evon Z. Vogt and Thomas F. O'Dea
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 37010449
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons