Milton M. Gordon

Milton Myron Gordon (born October 3, 1918 in Gardiner, Maine ) is an American sociologist . He taught as a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst . His main area of ​​work was the sociology of migration . In 1947 he introduced the term subculture into the sociological discussion with a journal article .

Gordon's parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. After their divorce, he moved to Portland, Maine with his mother at the age of 13 . After attending Bowdoin College , he studied at Columbia University from 1939 . His academic tutors have included Theodore Abel , Robert MacIver , Robert Staughton Lynd , Ralph Linton, and Ruth Benedict . In 1940 he took his master's degree there, and in 1950 he became a Ph.D. PhD . After teaching as an assistant professor at various American universities, Gordon went in 1961 as a professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In 1986 he retired .

Fonts

• The scope of sociology . Oxford University Press, New York 1988, ISBN 0195053036 .
• Human nature, class, and ethnicity . Oxford University Press, New York 1978, ISBN 019502236X .
• Assimilation in American life. The role of race, religion, and national origins . Oxford University Press, New York 1964.
• Social class in American sociology . Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina 1958.

Web links

• Milton M. Gordon (Guggenheim Memorial Foundation)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, information is based on: Gordon, Milton Myron 1918- , encyclopedia.com.
2. ↑ Milton M. Gordon: The Concept of the Sub-Culture and Its Application . In: Social Forces Vol. 26, No. 1 (October 1947), pp. 40-42.
3. ↑ Bodo Mrozek , Subculture and Cultural Studies. A cultural science term from a contemporary historical perspective . In the S. and Alexa Geisthövel (ed.), Popgeschichte . Volume 1: Concepts and methods , trancript, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-8376-2528-8 , pp. 101–126, here p. 104.
4. ↑ Milton Myron Gordon Biography , BookRags.