public opinion

Examining the 1950s debate over the media and juvenile delinquency, this study shows how the development of youth culture and the rise of a mass-media society became intertwined and confused.

Examines the major social and political issues of the mid-nineteenth century in terms of commonly accepted antebellum beliefs, attitudes, and standards and their formative influence on the American character and subsequent socio-political patterns.

Examines racial attitudes based on information which has been provided by over 100 upper-income white men who express their views on blacks today, immigration, crime, and discriminatory practices.

Examines the extent to which a sense of American nationalism existed before the Civil War, and describes the differences between Northern and Southern nationalism.