Charles Josiah Galpin
Charles Josiah Galpin (born March 16, 1864 in Hamilton , New York , † June 1, 1947 in Falls Church , Virginia ) was an American sociologist and is considered one of the founders of agricultural sociology .
Galpin was Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin and organized the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life at the US Department of Agriculture. He coined the term rurban (from rural for rural and urban for urban) to name the special character of the urban-rural relationship.
Fonts
- Rural Social Problems (1914)
- The Social Anatomy of an Agricultural Community (1918)
- My Drift into Rural Sociology (1937).
literature
- J. Nehnevajsa: Galpin, Charles Josiah In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (Hrsg.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon. Volume 1: Articles on sociologists who died by the end of 1969. 2nd revised edition. Enke, Stuttgart 1980, p. 134 f.
Web links
- Short biography of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (English) ( Memento of 3 July 2010 at the Internet Archive )
- Colgate University: Guide to the Charles Josiah Galpin papers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Galpin, Charles Josiah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1947 |
| Place of death | Falls Church , Virginia |