Regional Differences in the Treatment of Karl Marx by the Founders of American Academic Sociology

dc.contributor.authorWallace, Rich A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairFuhrman, Ellsworth R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLuke, Timothy W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBailey, Carol A.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:52:22Zen
dc.date.adate1993-11-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:52:22Zen
dc.date.issued1993-11-01en
dc.date.rdate1993-11-01en
dc.date.sdate1993-11-01en
dc.description.abstractKarl Marx has long been perceived as one of the individuals who helped to create and develop the field we now call sociology. Many studies have attempted to show his prevalence over time, but have done so deficiently. The current study is a qualitative content analysis of the manuscripts written by William G. Sumner, Lester F. Ward, Franklin H. Giddings, Albion W. Small, Charles H. Cooley and Edward A. Ross. These individuals are generally considered to be the founders of American academic sociology. Their writings can tell a great deal about the development of Marxian sociology in the United States. The present study supports the theory that those founders working at universities in the Midwest were more likely to discuss Marx than the founders from the East Coast because those in the Midwest were at institutions which were more progressive. The project is based on a thorough analysis of the manuscripts written by the six founders in the time frame of 1883-1915 (the first era of American academic sociology). As shown in the study, Karl Marx was not entirely ignored by the founders, but many other writers were more influential. Many discussions about Karl Marx were based upon the manuscripts written by he and Engels, The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. The founders often addressed Marx's concepts which related to his discussions of class, surplus value, capital, capitalism, historical materialism, class consciousness, and property.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 220 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-81197-16476en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-81197-16476/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36974en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartTHESIS1.PDFen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 29969547en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.W3558en
dc.subject.lcshSociology -- United States -- Historyen
dc.titleRegional Differences in the Treatment of Karl Marx by the Founders of American Academic Sociologyen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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