Home›Sociology›Nationality / Culture›United StatesBrowse ByUnited StatesNationality culture groups theorists by the country and culture that shaped their thinking. Wikipedia identifies Emile Durkheim as "a French sociologist," a nationality that placed him at the center of French academic life "until his death in 1917." This dimension shows which countries produced the theorists behind a given tradition.FactsUnited StatesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstablished EraWell-attested1780 1Primary DisciplineWell-attestedSociology 1United StatesFilter Results163 entriesInstitution AffiliationAllBureaucracy (2)Corporation (9)Education (1)Empire (2)Marriage (1)Monarchy (1)Money (1)Patriarchy (1)Prison System (2)Religion (3)Republic (1)Social Class Stratification (10)Social Movement (6)The Family (5)The Market (3)The State (1)Welfare State (4)Influenced ByAllAlfred Schutz (1)Auguste Comte (1)Barrington Moore Jr. (1)Charles Horton Cooley (1)Everett Hughes (1)Georg Simmel (1)George C. Homans (1)George Herbert Mead (1)Herbert Marcuse (1)Herbert Spencer (1)Max Horkheimer (1)Michel Foucault (1)Pitirim Sorokin (1)Robert E. Park (2)Robert N. 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CoserUnited StatesLouis WirthUnited StatesLysander SpoonerUnited StatesMark GranovetterUnited StatesMark MizruchiUnited StatesMarshall BermanUnited StatesMatthew DesmondUnited StatesMax HorkheimerUnited StatesMichael A. LebowitzUnited StatesMichael BurawoyUnited StatesMichael HardtUnited StatesMichael HechterUnited StatesMichael KimmelUnited StatesMichael OmiUnited StatesMira SchorUnited StatesMitchell DuneierUnited StatesMurray BookchinUnited StatesNan LinUnited StatesNancy ChodorowUnited StatesNancy FraserUnited StatesNancy HartsockUnited StatesNancy K. MillerUnited StatesNeil FligsteinUnited StatesNeil SmelserUnited StatesNorman K. DenzinUnited StatesPatricia Hill CollinsUnited StatesPaul A. BaranUnited StatesPaul DiMaggioUnited StatesPeter BlauUnited StatesPeter L. BergerUnited StatesPeter Lamborn WilsonUnited StatesPitirim SorokinUnited StatesRandall CollinsUnited StatesRaya DunayevskayaUnited StatesRichard EmersonUnited StatesRichard LevinsUnited StatesRichard SennettUnited StatesRobert E. ParkUnited StatesRobert J. SampsonUnited StatesRobert K. MertonUnited StatesRobert N. BellahUnited StatesRobert NisbetUnited StatesRobert PutnamUnited StatesRobert WuthnowUnited StatesRobin D. G. KelleyUnited StatesRodney StarkUnited StatesRogers BrubakerUnited StatesRonald InglehartUnited StatesRonald S. BurtUnited StatesRoxane GayUnited StatesSamuel Edward Konkin IIIUnited StatesSandra HardingUnited StatesSaskia SassenUnited StatesSelma JamesUnited StatesSeymour Martin LipsetUnited StatesSharon ZukinUnited StatesSheila JasanoffUnited StatesSidney HookUnited StatesSidney TarrowUnited StatesSilvia FedericiUnited StatesStephen BronnerUnited StatesSudhir VenkateshUnited StatesTalcott ParsonsUnited StatesTheda SkocpolUnited StatesThomas J. ScheffUnited StatesThorstein VeblenUnited StatesVivek ChibberUnited StatesViviana ZelizerUnited StatesVoltairine de CleyreUnited StatesW. E. B. Du BoisUnited StatesW. I. ThomasUnited StatesW. Richard ScottUnited StatesWalter W. PowellUnited StatesWilliam A. GamsonUnited StatesWilliam Foote WhyteUnited StatesWilliam Graham SumnerUnited StatesWilliam H. Sewell Jr.United StatesWilliam Julius WilsonUnited StatesSources1. Wikipedia: Sociologytier 2WikipediaSociology, lead section, era sentenceThe term sociology was coined in the late 18th century to describe the scientific study of society.Sociology, lead section, definition sentenceSociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on human social behaviour, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. 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