Reinhard Bendix papers, 1929-1998.

Riesman, David, 1909-2002

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David Riesman (born September 22, 1909, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.-died May 10, 2002, Binghamton, New York) was an American sociologist, attorney, writer, and educator. He is best known as the author of The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character (with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer, 1950), an examination of post-WWII American society. The book struck a chord with readers and became a bestseller, contributing the terms "inner-directed," "outer-directed," and "tradition-...

Lynd, Helen Merrell, 1896-1982

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Helen Merrell Lynd (March 17, 1896 – January 30, 1982) was an American sociologist, social philosopher, educator, and author. She is best known for conducting the first Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana, with her husband, Robert Staughton Lynd; as the coauthor of Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) and Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts (1937); and a pioneer in the use of social surveys. She was also the author of England in the 1880s: Toward a So...

Geertz, Clifford, 1926-2006

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Clifford James Geertz (August 23, 1926 – October 30, 2006) was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three decades...the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. ...

Weber, Max, 1864-1920

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Businessman and German consul in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Manager of Ketelsen and Degetau, a hardware store based in El Paso, Texas, in 1898; was German consul in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, ca. 1893-1915. Owner of various properties in Mexico. From the description of Max Weber papers, 1894-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 37473288 ...

Lynd, Robert, 1879-1949

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British authors. From the description of Robert and Sylvia Lynd collection, 1904-1949. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 122503025 ...

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Sociology

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American sociological association

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The American Sociological Society organized in 1905, incorporated in 1943, established a central office in 1949, and changed its name to the American Sociological Association in the next decade. With increased membership in the 1950s and 1960s, it published several journals, created sections and committees to carry out its mission, and took a stance on politics of the day. In the following decades, it expanded its initiatives in teaching and community service. From the description of...

Lazarsfeld, Karl.

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Bendix, Reinhard.

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Reinhard Bendix was born in Berlin, Germany in 1916 and received his formal education at the Gymnasium in Berlin from 1927-1933. Upon his return to Germany in 1935, he found employment as a clerk in the export firm of L. Hecht & Co. and later (1937) in the Palaestina Treuhandstelle in Paltreu, Berlin. It was also during these same years that Reinhard became a member of both HaShomer HaZair and the anti-Fascist underground organization Neu Beginnen. In 1938, he was forced to flee Hitler-Germa...

Lowe, Adolph, 1893-

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Deutsch, Karl-Heinz

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Kirchheimer, Otto

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Political scientist. Otto Kirchheimer was born November 11, 1905, in Heilbronn, Germany, third son of Julias Kirchheimer and Friederike (Baer) Kirchheimer. He attended school in Heilbronn and Ettenheim, then attended the Universities of Muenster, Berlin, Koeln and Bonn, graduating magna cum laude from the latter in 1928. With his law degree in hand he became a contributor to Die Gesellschaft and a lecturer in Political Science at German Trade Union Schools. He practiced law in Berlin from 1932 t...

University of Chicago. Dept. of Sociology.

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Lipset, Seymour Martin

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American sociologist and political scientist. From the description of Seymour Martin Lipset papers, 1916-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123430062 ...

University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Political Science.

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International Sociological Association.

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Bendix, Ludwig, 1877-1954

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Lawyer, 1877-1954 From the guide to the Ludwig Bendix Collection, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...

Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003.

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Robert K. Merton was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Temple Univ. in 1931. Merton went on to graduate school at Harvard where he received his Ph.D. in 1936. Merton went on to teach at Columbia Univ. and published numerous books including; Social theory and social structure, and Sociology of science. From the description of Letters-Manuscript, 1930-1952. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122628275 Robert K. Merton was one of the most infl...

Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979

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Sociologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Talcott Parsons : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631875 Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) was an educator and scholar of sociology. He contributed to the field of sociological theory, particularly through his development of a "general theory of action." Parsons spent most of his professional career at Harvard University, where he was affiliated with the various incarnat...

Gruppe Neu Beginnen

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Marx, Karl, 1818-1883

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Author and philosopher. From the description of Letter of Karl Marx, 1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454371 Born 1818 in Trier, Prussia; studied at the University of Bonn, 1835-1836, and the University of Berlin, 1836-1841; contributor to and editor of the Cologne liberal democratic newspaper, the Rheinische Zeitung , 1842; following marriage to Jenny von Westphalen, moved to Paris, where he became a revolutionary and communist; co-editor, with Arnold Ruge, of a new r...

Frank, Karl Boromäus 1893-1969

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German psychologist; socialist and anti-Nazi leader. From the description of Karl Boromäus Frank papers, 1937-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869884 Biographical Notes Born May 31, 1893 in Vienna, Austria; died 1969 in New York City. Pseud.: Paul Hagen; Wilhelm (Willi) Mueller; and Maria. Studied at the University of Vienna: psychology, biology, and philosophy; graduated in 1918. ...