Journeys in sociology : from first encounters to fulfilling retirements / edited by Rosalyn Benjamin Darling and Peter J. Stein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Darling, Rosalyn Benjamin, editor.

Stein, Peter J., 1937- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociologists--United States.

Sociologists.

United States.

Sociology--United States.

Sociology.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017.

Summary:

For most sociologists, their life's work does not end with retirement. Many professors and practitioners continue to teach, publish, or explore related activities after leaving academia. They also connect with others in the field to lessen the isolation they sometimes feel outside the ivory tower or an applied work setting. The editors and twenty contributors to this essential anthology use a life-course perspective to address the role of sociology in their lives. The power of their personal experiences - during the Great Depression, World War II, or the student protests and social movements in the 1960s and '70s - magnify how and why social change prompted these men and women to study sociology. Moreover, all of the contributors include a discussion of their activities in retirement. From Bob Perrucci, Tuck Green, and Wendell Bell, who write about issues of class, to Debra Kaufman and Elinore Lurie, who explain how gender played a role in their careers, the diverse entries provide a fascinating look at both the influence of their lives on the discipline and the discipline on these sociologists' lives.

Contents:

Part I Children of the Great Depression

1 Toward a Sociology of the Future / Wendell Bell Bell, Wendell 9

2 Semper Sociology / Edward A. Tiryakian Tiryakian, Edward A. 20

3 Three Lives in Two Americas / Robert Perrucci Perrucci, Robert 29

4 The Life Course of My Career / Glen H. Elder Jr. Elder, Glen H., Jr. 38

5 Six Sociologists from Wayne County, Ohio / Janet Zollinger Giele Giele, Janet Zollinger 47

6 The Sociological Consequences of Choosing Radical Parents: The Political, the Personal, and the Professional / Peter Mandel Hall Hall, Peter Mandel 59

7 My Professional Life: A Brief Memoir / Thomas Scheff Scheff, Thomas 69

8 My Life in Sociology, Sociology in My Life / Elinore K. Lurie Lurie, Elinore K. 78

9 Have You Noticed...? / Corinne Kirchner Kirchner, Corinne 89

Part II Coming of Age in the Postwar Years

10 A Life in Sociology / Charles S. Green III Green, Charles S. III 101

11 Permission Slip for Life as an Applied Sociologist / Arthur Shostak Shostak, Arthur 111

12 What's It All About? Reflections on Meaning in a Career / Gary T. Marx Marx, Gary T. 119

13 My Journey with Sociology / Joyce E. Williams Williams, Joyce E. 131

14 Sociology, Politics, and Policy / David J. Armor Armor, David J. 141

15 The Last of Life for Which the First Was Made / Debra Kaufman Kaufman, Debra 151

16 A Sociological Memoirist / Frep L. Pincus Pincus, Frep L. 161

17 Retiree / Natalie J. Sokoloff Sokoloff, Natalie J. 171

18 Spreading the Sociological Imagination to Lay Audiences / David R. Simon Simon, David R. 181

19 Networking across Stages of a Career / Elizabeth Higginbotham Higginbotham, Elizabeth 187

20 The Impact of Sociology on One Man's Life / Henry Fischer Fischer, Henry 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Journeys in sociology.

ISBN:

9781439914748

1439914745

9781439914755

1439914753

OCLC:

957507787