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Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville traveled America and examined the particular political and social repercussions of the democratic system. Very influential to following theorists. -
The Communist Manifesto
Marx published the Manifesto in 1848, but the ideas didn't really catch until after the Bolsheviks in 1917. -
J. S. Mill publishes On Liberty.
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The Metaphysical Club formed
Included Charles Pierce, William James, Chauncey Wright, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. -
Durkheim, On Suicide
French sociologist, provided the basis of quantitative sociology by showing statistics to prove the cultural-determinedness of suicide prevalency. WW1 destroyed him. -
W. H. R. Rivers publishes Kinship and Social Organization
An anthropological study of social organization that later influences the Lynds' work in Middletown. -
Woodrow Wilson elected to first term
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Graham Wallas publishes The Great Society
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Beginning of WW1
Heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne is assissinated. Serbia, Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary choose sides. Official start of the war is August 1st when Germany declares war on Russia. Germany declares war on France, Belgium, Luxumbourg, Britain and Canada. -
Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
Published posthumously. Structuralism influenced fields beyond linguistics, incl. sociology. -
Woodrow Wilson is re-elected
Ran with campaign slogan of "He kept us out of the war". -
America severs diplomatic ties with Germany.
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Wilson asks House of Reps to declare war on Germany.
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Committee on Public Information formed
Included Lippmann, Bernays, and George Creel, among others. Large component was the "Four Minute Men," volunteer speech-givers. -
League of Nations founded.
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Weimar Republic
Parliamentary republic formed in the German Revolution in opposition to the imperialist system previously in place. -
Committee on Public Information abolished
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Sinclair Lewis publishes Main Street
A book about Gopher Prairie, a small American town, and the struggle to effect change and find a place within the social structures. Extremely popular at the time of its publishing. -
Lippmann, Public Opinion
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Max Weber, Economy and Society
Describes beauracracy and organization. Idealist who studied social action and rationalization, and developed the idea of the "iron cage," where over-rationalization causes us to wear our care of external goods like a steel-hard shell rather than as "a light cloak." -
First Public Relations university course
Taught by E. Bernays at the University of New York. -
Institute for Social Research
Founded at Frankfurt-am-Main. -
19th Amendment Passed: women get the right to vote
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Dewey, The Public and Its Problems
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First Middletown study published by the Lynds
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FDR elected to first of four terms
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Third Reich
The Weimar Republic came to a close as Hitler rose in power. -
Ruth Benedict
Student of Franz Boas along with Margaret Mead, advanced a theory of moral relativism through anthropological studies. Abstracted cultures to their "essences" or "personalities." -
Frankfurt School theorists move to Columbia University
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League of Nations collapses
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Walter Benjamin. -
Second Middletown study published by the Lynds
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Germany invades Poland
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Pearl Harbor bombed; US enters WW2
