This volume presents views of American sociology from minority groups and important intellectual movements that did not merge into the mainstream. Coinciding with the centenary of the American Sociological Association, it provides little-known background information to the development of the field. A first section highlights tensions between impartial scientific sociology and scientific social reform. A second section uncovers the experiences of female, African American, and Latino pioneers in the field, as well as a sociologist from a religious minority. A third section traces the organizational history of the field, including gendered, racial, regional, and outsider perspectives. A final section focuses on several neglected trajectories. With this volume, American sociology can be seen in its full context.
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"'Too often academic celebrations of the past do not tell it like it really was. In the case of the centennial of US sociology, mainstream celebrations are creating myths of white men inventing bold new sociological research and teaching, yet ignore the foundational role of the many women and minority scholars who were the first pioneers in empirical sociology. In contrast, this extensive and carefully researched collection portrays sociology like it really was - and to a significant extent, unfortunately, like it really remains today.' Joe Feagin."
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Anthony J. Blasi, Ph.D. (1974) in Sociology, University of Notre Dame, is Professor of Sociology at Tennessee State Univeristy. Recent books: History of Sociological Research and Teaching at Catholic Notre Dame, and Transition from Vowed to Lay Ministry in American Catholicism.
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