William Lloyd Warner

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William Lloyd Warner (born October 26, 1898 in Redlands , California , † May 23, 1970 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American anthropologist and social psychologist . He was a pioneer in applying the techniques of his subject to contemporary American culture .

He studied in California at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1935 was appointed Professor of Anthropology , Sociology and Human Development at the University of Chicago . From 1959 until his death he was a professor of social research at the University of Michigan . In 1965 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

His studies on the social organization of Australian Aborigines and his pioneering work in the field of urban anthropology are famous , and his main works include A Black Civilization: A Social Study of an Australian Tribe (1937) and Social Class in America (1960).

The American town of Newburyport (Massachusetts) was the subject of his most ambitious studies, the "Yankee City" project, which resulted in five works: The Social Life of a Modern Community (1941), The Status System of a Modern Community (1942), The Social Systems of American Ethnic Groups (1945), The Social System of a Modern Factory (1947), and The Living and the Dead: A Study in the Symbolic Life of Americans (1959).

Works

  • 1967. The Emergent American Society.
  • 1963. The American Federal Executive: A Study of the Social and Personal Characteristics of the Civil Service.
  • 1963. Big Business Leaders in America.
  • 1962. The Corporation in the Emergent American Society.
  • 1961. The Family of God: A Symbolic Study of Christian Life in America.
  • 1960. Social class in America: A Manual of Procedure for the Measurement of Social Status.
  • 1959. The Living and the Dead: A Study of the Symbolic Life of Americans.
  • (ed.). 1959. Industrial Man: Businessmen and Business Organizations.
  • 1955. Big Business Leaders in America. (German under the title: Career in the economy: A study of the successful. Düsseldorf: Econ-Verlag 1957)
  • 1955. Occupational Mobility in American Business and Industry, 1928-1952.
  • 1953. American Life: Dream and Reality.
  • 1952. Structure of American Life.
  • 1949. Democracy in Jonesville; A Study of Quality and Inequality.
  • 1949. Social Class in America: A Manual of Procedure for the Measurement of Social Status.
  • 1948. The Radio Day Time Serial: A Symbolic Analysis.
  • 1947. The Social System of the Modern Factory. The Strike: A Social Analysis.
  • 1946. Who Shall Be Educated? The Challenge of Unequal Opportunities.
  • 1945. The Social Systems of American Ethnic Groups.
  • 1944. Who Shall Be Educated? The Challenge of Unequal Opportunities.
  • 1942. The Status System of a Modern Community.
  • 1941. Color and Human Nature: Negro Personality Development in a Northern City.
  • 1937. A Black Civilization: A Social Study of an Australian Tribe.

literature

  • Dietrich Herzog : class society without class conflict. A Study of William Lloyd Warner and the Development of New American Stratification Research. Berlin, Duncker & Humblot 1965
  • John Easton. 2001. Consuming Interests. University of Chicago Magazine 93 (6)
  • John P. Marquand. 1939. Wickford Point.
  • John P. Marquand. 1947. Point of No Return.

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personal data
SURNAME Warner, William Lloyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American anthropologist and social psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Redlands , California, USA
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1970
Place of death Chicago , Illinois, USA