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Historical figures in sociology.
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2008

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Jane Addams (3)
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Practiced applied sociology. Hull House (Chicago). Won Nobel Peace Prize.
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Auguste Comte (3)
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Father of Sociology. Coined the term Sociology. Emphasized Positivism.
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W.E.B. DuBois (3)
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Studied under Max Weber. Applied Verstehen. Founder of NAACP.
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Emile Durkheim (3)
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Concerned with social order. Two types of solidarity = Mechanical & Organic. Studied suicide.
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Harriet Martineau
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Translated Comte to English. Wrote Society in America. Compared stratification systems in Europe and America.
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Karl Marx (4)
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Have Nots were Proletariate. Haves were Bourgeoisie. Wrote Das Kapital & Communist Manifesto.
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George Herbert Mead
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C. Wright Mills
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Sociological imagination requires that we grasp the connection between history and biography.
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Margaret Sanger (1)
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Applied sociological theory to population, health, and women's rights.
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Herbert Spencer (2)
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Developed Social Darwinism. Coined the term "survival of the fittest."
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Lester F. Ward (2)
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Elaborated on theories of Comte and Spencer. Drew distinction between pure and applied sociology.
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Max Weber (1)
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Believed that sociologists should use Verstehen; meaning they should avoid being biased.
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