Arnold Marshall Rose

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Arnold Marshall Rose (born July 2, 1918 in Chicago , † January 2, 1968 ) was an American sociologist. He was elected 59th President of the American Sociological Association (ASA), but could not take office because of his sudden death. However, the ASA added him to the list of their presidents, and his presidential address was read out at the 1969 annual meeting by his widow Caroline Rose.

Rose received his sociological training from the University of Chicago , where he took his bachelor's degree in sociology in 1938, his bachelor's degree in economics in 1939, and his master's degree in sociology in 1940. In 1946 he received his Ph.D. PhD. After teaching at various universities, he worked from 1952 until his death in 1968 as a professor at the University of Minnesota . From 1963 to 1965 he was also a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives .

In 1941 Rose supported Gunnar Myrdal in his research for the work An American dilemma: the Negro problem and modern democracy. Rose worked hard to change racial relations in the United States. He is also considered an important representative of the sociology of domination .

Fonts (selection)

  • America divided , 1950
  • The race question in modern science , 1951
    • in German translation: Racial Prejudice , Berlin: Colloquium-Verlag, 1953
  • The Negro in America , 1957
  • Sociology; the study of human relations , 1965.

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SURNAME Rose, Arnold Marshall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rose, Arnold M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1968