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  2. History of sociology - Wikipedia

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    The Department of History and Sociology at the University of Kansas was established in 1891 [59] [60] and the first full-fledged independent university department of sociology was established in 1892 at the University of Chicago by Albion W. Small (1854–1926), who in 1895 founded the American Journal of Sociology. [61]

  3. Émile Durkheim - Wikipedia

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    David Émile Durkheim (/ ˈ d ɜːr k h aɪ m /; [1] French: [emil dyʁkɛm] or ; 15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist.Durkheim formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with both Karl Marx and Max Weber.

  4. Sociology - Wikipedia

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    The American Journal of Sociology was founded in 1895, followed by the ASA in 1905. ... or indigenous people, on their own terms and from their own point of view. ...

  5. History of the social sciences - Wikipedia

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    Examples of boundary blurring include emerging disciplines like social studies of medicine, neuropsychology, biocultural anthropology, and the history and sociology of science. Increasingly, quantitative and qualitative methods are being integrated in the study of human action and its implications and consequences.

  6. Timeline of sociology - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of sociology. Each entry lists important works published during that decade. 1810s in sociology; 1820s in sociology; 1830s in sociology; 1840s in sociology; 1850s in sociology; 1860s in sociology; 1870s in sociology; 1880s in sociology; 1890s in sociology; 1900s in sociology; 1910s in sociology; 1920s in sociology; 1930s in ...

  7. Structural functionalism - Wikipedia

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    In fact, while Durkheim is widely considered the most important functionalist among positivist theorists, it is known that much of his analysis was culled from reading Spencer's work, especially his Principles of Sociology (1874–96). [citation needed] In describing society, Spencer alludes to the analogy of a human body. Just as the ...

  8. Jane Addams - Wikipedia

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    In 1893, for example, faculty (Vincent, Small and Bennis) worked with Jane Addams and fellow Hull House resident Florence Kelley to pass legislation "banning sweat shops and employment of children" [143] Albion Small, chair of the Chicago Department of Sociology and founder of the American Journal of Sociology, called for a sociology that was ...

  9. Origins of society - Wikipedia

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    The first, in the order of time, is founded upon persons, and upon relations purely personal, and may be distinguished as a society (societas). The gens is the unit of this organization; giving as the successive stages of integration, in the archaic period, the gens, the phratry, the tribe, and the confederacy of tribes, which constituted a ...