The American Journal of Sociology, Volume 24University of Chicago Press, 1919 Established in 1895 as the first U.S. scholarly journal in its field, AJS remains a leading voice for analysis and research in the social sciences, presenting work on the theory, methods, practice, and history of sociology. AJS also seeks the application of perspectives from other social sciences and publishes papers by psychologists, anthropologists, statisticians, economists, educators, historians, and political scientists. |
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... Culture and Ethnology . - Jerome Dowd MCAFEE , JOSEPH E. Religion and the New American Democracy- MCBAIN , HOWARD LEE . American City Progress and the Law.-M. C. Elmer MCDERMOTT , VALERIA D. , AND TROTTER , ANNIE ELIZABETH . Chicago ...
... Culture and Ethnology . - Jerome Dowd MCAFEE , JOSEPH E. Religion and the New American Democracy- MCBAIN , HOWARD LEE . American City Progress and the Law.-M. C. Elmer MCDERMOTT , VALERIA D. , AND TROTTER , ANNIE ELIZABETH . Chicago ...
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... cultural functions . Yet equally vital to social organi- zation are the various private and voluntary associations which arise , duplicating in many cases the functions of the state . " The state , so far from being the only political ...
... cultural functions . Yet equally vital to social organi- zation are the various private and voluntary associations which arise , duplicating in many cases the functions of the state . " The state , so far from being the only political ...
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... cultural advantages.3 To these public utilities as the functional content of social progress must be added a formal test of efficiency . The organization must benefit the organized and must be regarded by the members as beneficial ...
... cultural advantages.3 To these public utilities as the functional content of social progress must be added a formal test of efficiency . The organization must benefit the organized and must be regarded by the members as beneficial ...
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... culture , the barbaric and savage races of the present , and the prehistoric societies of the past , so far as evidence exists for studying them . 1 Cf. Fairchild , Applied Sociology , pp . 293–94 . Applied sociology , on the other hand ...
... culture , the barbaric and savage races of the present , and the prehistoric societies of the past , so far as evidence exists for studying them . 1 Cf. Fairchild , Applied Sociology , pp . 293–94 . Applied sociology , on the other hand ...
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... culture of which the ethics and theology of the Old Testament furnished so clearly the substratum that the general and widespread presence of Old Testament names in the American colonies must now be interpreted as an evidence of the ...
... culture of which the ethics and theology of the Old Testament furnished so clearly the substratum that the general and widespread presence of Old Testament names in the American colonies must now be interpreted as an evidence of the ...
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Page 706 - And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again,. that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel : there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
Page 303 - farm" for census purposes, is all the land which is directly farmed by one person, either by his own labor alone or with the assistance of members of his household or hired employees. The land operated by a partnership is likewise considered a farm. A "farm...
Page 503 - I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd—. How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet.
Page 389 - What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely ; acted upon, it destroys our democracy.
Page 706 - What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David.
Page 150 - The greater part of universities have not even been very forward to adopt those improvements, after they were made ; and several of those learned societies have chosen to remain, for a long time, the sanctuaries in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices found shelter and protection, after they had been hunted out of every other corner of the world.
Page 49 - For our present purpose the most important fact is that ethnocentrism leads a people to exaggerate and intensify everything in their own folkways which is peculiar and which differentiates them from others.
Page 706 - Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
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Page 705 - And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.