Quest for an American Sociology: Robert E. Park and the Chicago School.

Jennison, Karen M.; Matthews, Fred

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“…This was something that was understood would be resolved by a process of gradual assimilation following migration to northern cities (Persons, 1987;Wacker, 1983). It also derived from Park's earlier position as amanuensis to Booker T. Washington from whom he derived his gradualist views on race as well as a consciousness of the antipathy between Washington and Du Bois (Lyman, 1992;Matthews, 1977). For other sociologists of colour, marginality to the White mainstream was a consequence of the segregated nature of higher education (Wilson 2006).…”

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Race, nation and empire; the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller

Balon

Holmwood

2022

Journal of Classical Sociology

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Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875–1951) is a neglected figure within North American sociology, yet he made a distinctive contribution to the sociology and politics of race relations. He was one of the first sociological critics of eugenics and developed a distinctive approach to race relations and the position of subject minorities derived from a critical analysis of European empires. His approach was complementary to that of Du Bois with whom he had a close relationship. In this article, we trace Miller’s critique of eugenics and the idea of ‘Americanisation’ as a policy of immigrant assimilation, showing the distinctiveness of his approach within North American sociology, including the milieu of Chicago sociology with which he was associated. We also examine the connection between his sociology of race and Park’s position on race relations as being a process of gradual assimilation. We conclude with discussion of the Chicago school influence over Gunnar Myrdal’s The American Dilemma and the alternative approach to race relations that both Du Bois and Miller had already outlined in the 1920s.

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“…Thus, Everett C. (Hughes et al, 1979: 187). This implies a criticism of colonialism and neglects Park's favourable evaluation of imperialism and its civilising consequences (see Magubane, 2014;Matthews, 1977). 3.…”

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Race, nation and empire; the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller

Balon

Holmwood

2022

Journal of Classical Sociology

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“…It was thus left to the other side of the Atlantic to become the location where the first phase in the emergence of a sociological subfield devoted to migration would take place: specifically in the United States, or, even more specifically, Chicago (Bulmer, 1984;Matthews, 1977). A frontier city, its diverse population for over a half century, beginning in 1870, included a larger percentage of immigrants than any other city in North America (Paral, 2003).…”

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Introduction. The sociology of migration: where has it been and where is it going?

Cvajner,

Kivisto,

Sciortino

2024

Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration

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“…It was namely Jürgen Habermas and Niklas undoubtedly its head and impresario for years. However, Park's path into academic sociology was anything but straightforward (Matthews, 1977;Raushenbush, 1979). After dropping out of engineering school, he studied philosophy and history with John Dewey, among others, before working for several years as a newspaperman.…”

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Import and export of ideas: Georg Simmel in Chicago, George M. Beard in Berlin

Müller

2023

Journal of Classical Sociology

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The influence of Georg Simmel on American sociology has been repeatedly pointed out. Robert E. Park and the Chicago School of Sociology in particular owe important impulses to Simmel. It is sometimes overlooked, however, that Simmel himself drew on imported knowledge in his famous essay ‘Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben’ when focusing on the nervousness of the city dweller. This article will therefore tell the brief story of a reciprocal transatlantic knowledge transfer between Berlin and Chicago. It looks at the mutual fascinations and influences, examining both the Americanisation of knowledge and the Europeanisation of experience.

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Quest for an American Sociology: Robert E. Park and the Chicago School.

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Race, nation and empire; the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller

Race, nation and empire; the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller

Introduction. The sociology of migration: where has it been and where is it going?

Import and export of ideas: Georg Simmel in Chicago, George M. Beard in Berlin

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