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From the attic of theAmerican Journal of Sociology: Unusual contributions to American sociology, 1895–1935

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This study examines articles published in theAmerican Journal of Sociology (AJS) from its inception in 1895 through 1935 in a search for contributions that have escaped the attention of most contemporary sociologists. The articles reviewed here provide a glimpse of a less well-known, and sometimes more unseemly, side of American sociological history. My primary focus is on the criticism of the emergent discipline, the extraordinary diversity of thought found in the earlyAJS, and antiquated or prescient ideas, particularly in the fields of deviance, race, and gender.

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Phelan, T.J. From the attic of theAmerican Journal of Sociology: Unusual contributions to American sociology, 1895–1935. Sociol Forum 4, 71–86 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01112617

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