Sociology in America

A History

Craig Calhoun

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9780226090955, 9780226090948
• eBook ISBN: 9780226090962
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Though the word "sociology" was coined in Europe, the field of sociology grew most dramatically in America. Despite that disproportionate influence, American sociology has never been the subject of an extended historical examination. To remedy that situation—and to celebrate the centennial of the American Sociological Association—Craig Calhoun assembled a team of leading sociologists to produce Sociology in America.

Rather than a story of great sociologists or departments, Sociology in America is a true history of an often disparate field—and a deeply considered look at the ways sociology developed intellectually and institutionally. It explores the growth of American sociology as it addressed changes and challenges throughout the twentieth century, covering topics ranging from the discipline's intellectual roots to understandings (and misunderstandings) of race and gender to the impact of the Depression and the 1960s.

Sociology in America will stand as the definitive treatment of the contribution of twentieth-century American sociology and will be required reading for all sociologists.

Contributors:

Andrew Abbott, Daniel Breslau, Craig Calhoun, Charles Camic, Miguel A. Centeno, Patricia Hill Collins, Marjorie L. DeVault, Myra Marx Ferree, Neil Gross, Lorine A. Hughes, Michael D. Kennedy, Shamus Khan, Barbara Laslett, Patricia Lengermann, Doug McAdam, Shauna A. Morimoto, Aldon Morris, Gillian Niebrugge, Alton Phillips, James F. Short Jr., Alan Sica, James T. Sparrow, George Steinmetz, Stephen Turner, Jonathan VanAntwerpen, Immanuel Wallerstein, Pamela Barnhouse Walters, Howard Winant

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• 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 WorldWar 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. Sociologists. 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