Sociology in America
A History
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ONE Sociology in America: An Introduction Craig Calhoun
TWO The American Spencerians: Theorizing a New Science Daniel Breslau
THREE Thrice Told: Narratives of Sociology’s Relation to Social Work Patricia Lengermann & Gillian Niebrugge
FOUR A Life in the First Half-Century of Sociology: Charles Ellwood and the Division of Sociology Stephen Turner
FIVE Knowledge from the Field Marjorie L. DeVault
SIX Pragmatism, Phenomenology, and Twentieth-Century American Sociology Neil Gross
SEVEN On Edge: Sociology during the Great Depression and the New Deal Charles Camic
EIGHT Hot War, Cold War: The Structures of Sociological Action, 1940-1955 Andrew Abbott & James T. Sparrow
NINE American Sociology before and after World War II: The (Temporary) settling of a Disciplinary Field George Steinmetz
TEN Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and Hierarchy: "Mainstream" Sociology and its Challengers Craig Calhoun & Jonathan VanAntwerpen
ELEVEN From Relevance to Irrelevance: The Curious Impact of the Sixties on Public Sociology Doug McAdam
TWELVE The Culture of Sociology in Disarray: The Impact of 1968 on U.S. Sociology Immanuel Wallerstein
THIRTEEN Assessing the Feminist Revolution: The Presence and Absence of Gender in Theory and Practice Myra Marx Ferree, Shamus Rahman Khan & Shauna A. Morimoto
FOURTEEN Feminist Sociology in the Twentieth Century United States: Life Stories in Historical Context Barbara Laslett
FIFTEEN Sociology of Race and W.E.B. DuBois: The Path Not Taken Aldon D. Morris
SIXTEEN The Dark Side of the Force: One Hundred Years of the Sociology of Race Howard Winant
SEVENTEEN Pushing the Boundaries or Business as Usual? Race, Class, and Gender Studies and Sociological Inquiry Patricia Hill Collins
EIGHTEEN Criminology, Criminologists, and the Sociological Enterprise James F. Short Jr. with Lorine A. Hughes
NINETEEN Betwixt and Between Discipline and Profession: A History of Sociology of Education Pamela Barnhouse Walters
TWENTY Internationalism and Global Transformations in American Sociology Michael D. Kennedy & Miguel A. Centeno
TWENTY-ONE Defining Disciplinary Identity: The Historiography of U.S. Sociology Alan Sica
Appendix: Histories of American Sociology: Readings and Resources Alton Phillips & Jonathan VanAntwerpen
List of Contributors
Index
“Sociology is one of this country’s most distinctive contributions to twentieth-century world culture. Its role has been obscured by the historic prestige of the European Founders of sociology, yet it was here that the agonies and ecstasies of creating an internationally respected discipline were experienced. With the publication of Sociology in America, we at last have a chorus of voices who know how to do justice to its bite, verve, and gravitas.”--Donald N. Levine, University of Chicago
“This remarkable collection of essays offers a comprehensive look at the immensely complex field of sociology over the past hundred years in the United States. It shines with intelligence: it was intelligently conceived, intelligently organized, intelligently introduced—most of that the work of its editor, Craig Calhoun—and the individual essays are uniformly excellent. A generation from now we may need a similar volume to locate sociology as a discipline on the intellectual map, but for now the task has been accomplished superbly.”--Kai Erikson, Yale University
ASA History of Sociology Section: Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
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History: American History | History of Ideas
Sociology: History of Sociology | Occupations, Professions, Work | Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations | Social Institutions | Sociology--Marriage and Family | Theory and Sociology of Knowledge | Urban and Rural Sociology
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