Seventy Years of It: An Autobiography

368 Pages·21.748 MB·English

by  Edward Alsworth Ross

SEVENTY YEARS OF IT
By EDWARD ALSWORTH ROSS
SEVENTY YEARS OF IT
CHANGING AMERICA
CHANGING CHINESE
THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEW
OUTLINES OF SOCIOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY
RUSSIA IN UPHEAVAL
THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION IN MEXICO
THE SOCIAL TREND
STANDING ROOM ONLY?
TESTS AND CHALLENGES IN SOCIOLOGY
WHAT IS AMERICA?

THE AUTHOR AT AGE SIXTY-SEVEN
SEVENTY YEARS
OF
IT
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by
EDWARD ALSWORTH ROSS, Ph.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
ILLUSTRATED
APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY
D.
INCORPORATED
NEW YORK 1936 LONDON
Copyright, 1936, by
D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.
All rights reserved. This book, or parts
thereof, must not be reproduced in any
form without permission of the publisher.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To my beloved acquired daughters
( )
Jessie, Gertrude, and Martha
this book
is affectionately dedicated

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Early Years 1
II. College 11
III. Teaching in Fort Dodge 21
IV. European Study and Travel 26
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V. Johns Hopkins, Indiana, Cornell 40
VI. Stanford 53
VII. The “Stanford Case’' 64
VIII. The University of Nebraska 87
IX. The University of Wisconsin 101
X. Two Books in Social Psychology . . . .106
XI. My Attitude Toward Religion 115
XII. Social Exploration of China 120
XIII. Putting It Across 128
XIV. South American Society 136
XV. Russia in Upheavai 150
XVI. Aftermath of My Russian Expedition .167
. .
XVII. Impressions of Soviet Russia 171
XVIII. The Principles of Sociology 177
XIX. Mexico: A Post-Revolutionary Society 183
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XX. Treatment of the Natives in Portuguese
Africa 190
XXI. The Union of South Africa 205
XXII. The Uniqueness of India 212
XXIII. Two Books on Population 223
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