Edward C. Rafferty

Apostle of Human Progress (eBook, PDF)

Lester Frank Ward and American Political Thought, 1841-1913

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Although Lester Frank Ward's accomplishments are not as well known today, he is considered the father of American Sociology and his work profoundly influenced such important thinkers as Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Edward Ross, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In Apostle of Human Progress, Edward C. Rafferty presents the first full scale intellectual portrait of this important public thinker. Rafferty shows how Ward's thought laid the foundations for the modern administrative state and explores his contributions to twentieth century American liberalism. Ideal for anyone interested in the history of American intellectuals and ideas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216345787
• Artikelnr.: 75139850

Autorenporträt

Edward C. Rafferty is assistant professor of social science at Boston University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction: A Life Apart From Circumstantial Things Chapter 3 Self
Made Men, 1841
1862 Chapter 4 An Equal Chance in the Race of Life, 1861
1870 Chapter 5 The Land of Birds and Flowers, 1870
1879 Chapter 6 Restless Skepticism, 1880
1883 Chapter 7 A True National Philosophy, 1883
1887 Chapter 8 The Great Social Problem, 1886
1893 Chapter 9 Spencer
Smashing at Washington, 1894
1900 Chapter 10 Gulliver Among the Lilliputians, 1900
1913 Chapter 11 Conclusion: Glimpses of the Cosmos