Date of Award
6-1-1957
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. George L. Wilber
Second Advisor
Dr. Roderick B. Peck
Third Advisor
Dr. Duane W. Hill
Abstract
America has been called a "melting-pot" society. Its settlement by people of various racial, religious, national and cultural characteristics, couples with its large size and high rate of internal mobility, has presented it with problems of adjustment such as have faced few other societies. The American governmental system emphasizes the dignity of the "common man" and makes the free flow of public sentiment from the people to their governmental representatives very important. America denies the right of violent revolution and thus places non-violent types of mass movements in a more strategic position than they might otherwise occupy. Large and significant changes have taken place through movements such as the "labor" movement, the women's suffrage movement, and the "birth control" movement. The important effects of social movements in American place a premium on understanding them and their place in American society.
Recommended Citation
Thorslev, John Phillip Larsen, "A Study of the Citizens' Councils as a New Organization and as a Social Movement" (1957). Student Work. 2249.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/2249
Files over 3MB may be slow to open. For best results, right-click and select "save as..."
Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Sociology The University of Omaha In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts. Copyright John Phillip Larsen Thorslev June, 1957