A selection of articles by educational anthropologists George and Louise Spindler, written between 1950 and 2000. The articles are divided into sections on character defining, comparisons, ethnography in action, American culture, cultural therapy, and orientations.

This volume combines data obtained by a values projective technique over a period of more than 30 years, data obtained from census records, and ethnographic data obtained by the authors in fieldwork in several different places in the USA. Special attention is paid to schooling as a means of cultural transmission. The concept of hinterland (the great areas of the United States in between the metropolitan sectors) is developed and contrasted to metropolitan culture. The purpose of the book is to deal with a process in which all Americans, old and new, and of all ethnic groups and minorities,...