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Department of Sociology
Emerson's Thought in Context: A Timeline
| U.S. Events | Emerson | Sociology |
|---|---|---|
| 1839 | 1839 Comte, Course of Positive Philosophy, Vol. IV. Term "Sociologie" introduced. | |
| 1840 | 1840 | |
| 1841 | 1841 Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity | |
| 1842 | 1842 Spencer, First Articles Appear in Nonconformist; Comte, Course of Positive Philosophy, Vol. V | |
| 1843 | 1843 March, 1843 Comte's "Sociologie" translated as "Sociology"; Blackwoods, Edinburgh Magazine; Comte's works discussed in American journals by a few Protestant theologians. | |
| 1844 Morse Telegraph | 1844 Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844; Engels, Conditions of the Working Class in England | |
| 1845 Texas Statehood | 1845 | |
| 1846 Mormon Migration to Utah | 1846 Marx-Engels, The German Ideology (not published in full until 1932) | |
| 1847 Mexican War | 1847 | |
| 1848 Seneca Falls Convention; California Gold Strike | 1848 Marx-Engels, Communist Manifesto; Comte's Course read by George F. Homes (later Prof. History & Lit., U. of VA) | |
| 1849 | 1849 | |
| 1850 | 1850 Samuel Franklin Emerson born Norwich, VT on Aug. 26, 1850), son of Rev. Edward Brown Emerson, pastor 1st Cong. Church, Norwich, VT (1846-1853), and Ann (Lummus) Emerson and grandson of Rev. Dr. Brown Emerson of Salem, MA | 1850 |
| 1851 | 1851 1 | 1851 Spencer, Social Statics; Comte, System of Positive Polity, Vol. 1 |
| 1852 Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin | 1852 2 | 1852 George F. Homes "Faith and Science - Comte's Positive Philosophy," Methodist Quarterly Review XXXIV (4th Series IV) |
| 1853 National Council of Colored People Formed | 1853 3 Moved to Randolph, VT on Mar. 23; The future Mrs. Emerson, M.E. Hitchcock, born June 25, 1853, daughter of Roswell D. Hitchcock who became President of Union Theological Seminary | 1853 Harriet Martineau, The Positive Philosophy of August Comte; DeGobineau, The Inequality of Human Races |
| 1854 | 1854 4 Departs Randolph, VT, Nov., for CN where father establishes Stratford School for Boys, Stratford, CN | 1854 Comte, System of Positive Polity, Vol IV; 1st uses of "Sociology" in title of books in U.S., both racist defenses of slavery (Henry Hughes, Treatise on Sociology, Theoretical and Practical and George Fitzhugh, Sociology of the South) |
| 1855 | 1855 5 | 1855 LePlay, European Workers |
| 1856 | 1856 6 | 1856 National Association for the Promotion of Social Science founded in England (Union of Reform Groups) |
| 1857 Dred Scott Decision | 1857 7 | 1857 Buckle, History of Civilization in England, Vol. I |
| 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates | 1858 8 | 1858 Carey, Principles of Social Science, 3 vols. 1858-1860 |
| 1859 John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry | 1859 9 | 1859 Darwin, The Origin of the Species; Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy |
| 1860 [30% Urban] | 1860 10 | 1860 |
| 1861 | 1861 11 | 1861 Bachofen, Mother Right |
| 1862 Homestead Act | 1862 12 | 1862 Spencer, First Principles |
| 1863 | 1863 13 | 1863 Massachusetts Board of State Charities founded |
| 1864 Civil War | 1864 14 | 1864 Spencer, Reasons for Dissenting from Philosophy of M. Comte; Maine, Ancient Law |
| 1865 | 1865 15 Prepared for college at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, CN | 1865 American Association for the Promotion of Social Science founded |
| 1866 Civil Rights Act | 1866 16 | 1866 Janet, The Family |
| 1867 Sholes Typewriter | 1867 17 | 1867 Marx, Capital, Vol. I |
| 1868 | 1868 18 | 1868 |
| 1869 Knights of Labor Founded; Wyoming-Women Vote | 1969 19 At Yale College, New Haven, CN | 1869 Bagehot, Physics and Politics; American Social Science Association and the Journal of Social Science founded; Galton, Hereditary Genius |
| 1870 Standard Oil Founded | 1870 20 | 1870 Morgan, Systems of Consanguinity... |
| 1871 | 1871 21 | 1871 LePlay, Origin of Family; Tylor, Primitive Culture |
| 1872 | 1872 22 Graduated from Yale (A.B. degree one year before Sumner was appointed to Yale faculty) | 1872 Verien für Social Politik (Union for Social Policy) formed to promoted social research on questions of policy |
| 1873 | 1873 23 Taught at his father's Stratford School for Boys, Stratford, CN | 1873 William Graham Sumner appointed Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale; Spencer, Study of Sociology |
| 1874 WCTU Formed | 1874 24 | 1874 Wundt, Principles of Physiological Psychology |
| 1875 Little Big Horn Battle | 1875 25 | 1875 William James introduces "Physiological Psychology" at Harvard using Spencer's Principles of Psychology; Schäffle, The Structure and Life of the Social Body (1875-78) |
| 1876 Bell Telephone; Little Big Horn | 1876 26 Served as temporary pastor in churches in Roxbury, NH & Sutton, NE | 1876 John W. Burgess founds 1st Social Science department in U.S., Department of Political Science and Constitutional Law at Columbia |
| 1877 Edison Phonograph and Light | 1877 27 At Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY | 1877 |
| 1878 | 1878 28 Graduated from Union Theological Seminary | 1878 William Graham Sumner's "First Course in Sociology" at Yale using Spencer's Study of Sociology; J.K. Ingram, Address to British Association for the Advancement of Science, "The Need for Sociology" |
| 1879 | 1879 29 Does Graduate work at Tübingin and Berlin (1878-1880) under fellowship from Union Theological Seminary | 1879 1st Graduate Fellowships and PhD's in U.S. at Johns Hopkins; Morgan, Ancient Society; Fouillée, Contemporary Social Science |
| 1880 | 1880 30 | 1880 |
| 1881 | 1881 31 Joins faculty at UVM as Professor of Greek and Modern Languages (1881-1889); Member of College Street congregational Church, Burlington, VT which he retained throughout his life | 1881 2nd Social Science department in U.S., Department of History and Politics at Johns Hopkins (Adams & Ely) |
| 1882 | 1882 32 | 1882 |
| 1883 | 1883 33 | 1883 George F. Homes gives 17 Lectures, "The Science of Society" at Virginia; Ward, Dynamic Sociology; Gumplowicz, The Conflict of Races |
| 1884 | 1884 34 | 1884 Marx & Engels, Origin of the Family; American Historical Association founded |
| 1885 1st Modern Skyscraper, Chicago | 1885 35 Receives Honorary Ph.D., September 8, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | 1885 Andrew D. White, Pres. of Cornell got Frank B. Sanborn to teach "Social Problems"; Gumplowicz, Outlines of Sociology; American Economic Association founded; Fouillée, Contemporary Social Science |
| 1886 | 1886 36 | 1886 deGreef, Introduction to Sociology |
| 1887 Davies Act; Interstate Commerce Act (RR) | 1887 37 | 1887 James M. Cattell, 1st Professor of Psychology in U.S. at U. of Pennsylvania; Tönnies, Gemeinschaft und Gesselschaft |
| 1888 | 1888 38 | 1888 Franklin H. Giddings' 1st course in "Modern Social Theories" at Bryn Mawr; Franz Boas secures 1st anthropology post in U.S. at Clark |
| 1889 Addams Starts Hull House | 1889 39 Becomes Professor of History and Sociology at UVM (1889-1923) | 1889 Guyau, Art from a Sociological Perspective; Both, Webb & Hill 1st survey published as Life and Labor of the People of London (1889-1891) |
| 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act; Standard Oil Controls 90% of National Oil Refining | 1890 40 | 1890 James, Principles of Psychology; Simmel, Social Differentiation; Tarde, Laws of Immitation |
| 1891 | 1891 41 His Sociology lectures first appear in UVM Catalogue; Also "A Study Outline for the History of the United States" Boston: Geo. H. Ellis, 1891, 19pp. | 1891 "Sociology" appears as title of Economics 3 at Harvard for first time; Blackmar's 1st Course in Sociology at Kansas and Small's 1st at Colby; Göhre's 1st participant observation study published |
| 1892 Farmers' Alliance-Populist Party | 1892 42 | 1892 Gumplowicz, The Sociological Conception of the State; 1st Department of Sociology founded at Chicago (Small, Chair); American Psychological Association founded |
| 1893 | 1893 43 | 1893 Durkheim, Division of Labor; Ratzenhofer, The Nature and Aim of Politics; Ward, Psychic Factors in Civilization; 1st journal in sociology, Revue Internationale de Sociologie, founded in Paris by René Worms |
| 1894 Pullman Strike | 1894 44 | 1894 1st Professorship in Sociology in U.S.", Giddings at Columbia; 1st textbook in Sociology, (Small & Vincent); Kidd, Social Evolution; 1st Sociological Association founded by Worms at Institute Internationale de Sociologie and established Annales de l'Institute Internationale de Sociologie |
| 1895 | 1895 45 | 1895 W.E.B. DuBois denied permission to offer course in Sociology at Wilberforce; American Journal of Sociology founded at Chicago; LaBon, The Crowd |
| 1896 Plessy-Ferguson Segregation Decision | 1896 46 "The Social Problem" (1859-99) Ms. | 1896 Spencer, Principles of Sociology, Vol. III; Durkheim, Rules; W.E.B. DuBois' 1st in series of Atlanta University Empirical Studies of Afro-Americans (1896-1914); Worms, Organicism and Society; Fouillée, The Positivist Movement; Giddings, Principles of Sociology; Fairbanks, Introduction to Sociology; Boas becomes Lecturer in Anthropology at Columbia |
| 1897 | 1897 47 | 1897 Durkheim, Suicide |
| 1898 Spanish-American War | 1898 48 | 1898 Anné Sociologique founded by Durkheim; Ward, Outlines of Sociology; Giddings, Elements of Sociology; Tarde, Social Laws; Ratzenhofer, Sociological Knowledge |
| 1899 | 1899 49 | 1899 Veblen, Theory of the Leisure Class; Coste, Principles of Objective Sociology; DuBois, The Philadelphia Negro; Cooley, Personal Competition |
| 1900 AT&T Controls Most Phones | 1900 50 | 1900 Ward, "Sociology at the Paris Exposition of 1900" |
| 1901 | 1901 51 | 1901 Simmel, Philosophy of Money; Giddings, Inductive Sociology; Ross, Social Control; Giddings, Inductive Sociology; 2nd Sociological Association founded, Sociological Society of London |
| 1902 | 1902 52 1902 summer house (later called "Ledge-Maze) built at Ocean Point, ME | 1902 Cooley, Human Nature and the Social Order; Kidd, Principles of Western Civilization; Sombart, Modern Capitalism; American Anthropological Association founded |
| 1903 Steffen's Shame of Cities | 1903 53 | 1903 Weber, Roscher and Knies; Worms, Philosophy of the Social Sciences (1903-1907); Ward, Pure Sociology |
| 1904 Roosevelt Uses Sherman Antitrust Act | 1904 54 | 1904 Weber, Protestant Ethic, Pt. 1 and "Objectivity" essay; Freud, Psychopathology of Everyday Life; Veblen, Theory of Business Enterprise |
| 1905 | 1905 55 | 1905 Weber, Protestant Ethic, Pt 2; Small, General Sociology; American Sociological Society founded (100 sociologists meet in Baltimore) |
| 1906 DeForest Vacuum Tube (Radio) | 1906 56 "Modern Society- an Interpretation" Commencement Address, Ohio State Univ., June 2, 1906 | 1906 Ward, Applied Sociology; Sumner, Folkways; Pareto, Manual of Political Science |
| 1907 | 1907 57 "Education as Humanization" or "The Underlying Principle of a Liberal (Academic) Course" 12/09/08 from Cynic, December 9, 1908 | 1907 1st Department of Sociology in England, Univ. of London (Hobhouse and Westermark); Gillette founds Department of Sociology at North Dakota; Oppenheimer, The State; Bouglé, What is Sociology? |
| 1908 | 1908 58 | 1908 Simmel, Sociology; Ross, Social Psychology; Vierkandt, The Order in Cultural Change |
| 1909 | 1909 59 | 1909 Cooley, Social Organization; Tönnies, Customs; Small, The Meaning of Social Science; Thomas, Source Book for Social Origins |
| 1910 NAACP Founded | 1910 60 In Germany "Oberammagau," August 12, 1910 | 1910 |
| 1911 | 1911 61 | 1911 Durkheim, "Judgments of Reality" and "Judgments of Value" essays; Chamberlain, Foundations of the Nineteenth Century; Boas, The Mind of Primitive Man |
| 1912 | 1912 62 | 1912 Durkheim, Elementary Forms of Religious Life; Weber, The Sociology of Religion; Wundt, Elements of Folk Psychology; Scheler, Ressentiment |
| 1913 Federal Income Tax | 1913 63 Chairman, Vermont Free Public Library Commission (1913-1919) | 1913 Durkheim's Chair at the Sorbonne changed to include "Sociology" -- Professor of Science of Education and Sociology; Freud, Totem and Taboo; Husserl, Ideas ...; Scheler, The Nature of Sympathy |
| 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act | 1914 64 | 1914 |
| 1915 | 1915 65 | 1915 |
| 1916 Ford's Model "T" Assembly Line | 1916 66 | 1916 Pareto, Treatise on General Sociology; Weber, Religion of India; Sassure, Course in General Linguistics |
| 1917 World War I | 1917 67 | 1917 Weber, Ancient Judaism; Simmel, Fundamental Problems of Sociology; MacIver, Community ... |
| 1918 US Involvement (WW I) | 1918 68 Honorary Degree of LHD, UVM | 1918 Cooley, Social Process; Thomas & Znaniecki, Polish Peasant, Vol. I; Kidd, Science of Power |
| 1919 Russian Communist Revolution; Women Gain Vote | 1919 69 Baccalaureate Sermon "Abundant Life" at UVM | 1919 Sorokin, System of Sociology |
| 1920 | 1920 70 | 1920 Odum founds Department of Sociology at North Carolina; Ross, Principles of Sociology; Chapin, Fieldwork and Social Research; Lowie, Primitive Society |
| 1921 Prohibition | 1921 71 | 1921 Pareto, The Transformation of Democracy; Thomas & Znaniecki, Polish Peasant, Vol. II; Park & Burgess Introduction to the Science of Sociology |
| 1922 | 1922 72 | 1922 Giddings, Studies in the Theory of Human Society; Weber, Economy & Society; Spengler, Decline of West (1922-23); Park, The Immigrant Press and Its Control; Ogburn, Social Change ...; Radcliffe-Brown, The Andaman Islanders |
| 1923 | 1923 73 Retires from UVM, Professor Emeritus (42 years of service) to Ocean Point, ME | 1923 Paiget, Language and Thought in the Child; Veblen, Absentee Ownership; Lukacs, History and Class Consciousness; Founding of Frankfurt Institute of Social Research |
| 1924 Native American Citizenship | 1924 74 Editorials, Burlington Free Press (1924-25) | 1924 Saheler, Problem of the Sociology of Knowledge |
| 1925 | 1925 75 | |
| 1926 | 1926 76 "The Turning Point of Western Civilization" Address, Convocation UVM, December 1926 | |
| 1927 Lindbergh's Flight | 1927 77 Death of Mrs. Emerson, 100 Morningside Dr., NY, January 10, 1927 | |
| 1928 | 1928 78 | |
| 1929 "Great" Stockmarket Crash | 1929 79 | |
| 1930 | 1930 80 | |
| 1931 | 1931 81 | |
| 1932 | 1932 82 | |
| 1933 | 1933 83 | |
| 1934 | 1934 84 Purchases 617 Delaney St., Orlando, FL for winter home | |
| 1935 | 1935 85 | |
| 1936 | 1936 86 | |
| 1937 | 1937 87 | |
| 1938 CIO Formed | 1938 88 | |
| 1939 | 1939 Dies April 5, 1939 (21 days short of 89th year) in Orlando, FL; Buried Ocean View Cemetery, B oothbay, ME | |
| 1940 World War II | Abundant Life, Boothbay, ME: The Boothbay Register Press, 1940 | |
| 1941 | Paradise, Boothbay, ME: The Boothbay Register Press, 1941 | |
| 1942 | ||
| 1943 US Involvement | ||
| 1944 | ||
| 1945 |
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