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Charles Horton Cooley 1864–1929
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Cooley’s major contribution to the field of sociology was his idea of
the “looking-glass self” (a concept that emphasizes the social
determination of the self) and primary groups—e.g., the family, the play
group, or the neighborhood.
Reading
- Abstract of "The Social Significance of Street Railways," Publications
of the American Economic Association 6 (1891): 71-73.
- "Competition and Organization," Publications of the Michigan
Political Science Association 1, (1894): 33-45.
- "The Theory of Transportation," Publications of the American
Economic Association 9, (1894)
- "'Nature versus Nuture' in the Making of Social
Careers," Proceedings of the Conference of Charities and
Corrections (1896).
- "The Process of Social Change," Political Science Quarterly
12, (1897): 63-81.
- "Genius, Fame and the Comparison of Races," Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science 9, (1897): 1-42.
- "Personal Competition: Its Place in the Social Order and the Effect
upon Individuals; with Some Considerations on Success," Economic
Studies 4, (1899):
- "The Decrease of Rural Population in the Southern Peninsula of
Michigan," Publications of the Michigan Political Science
Association 4, (1902): 28-37.
- Human
Nature and the Social Order. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1902)
- Discussion of Franklin H. Giddings, "A Theory of Social
Causation," Publications of the American Economic Association,
Third Series, 5 (1904): 182-187.
- "Social Consciousness," American Journal of Sociology 12,
(1907): 675-687.
- "A
Study of the Early Use of Self-Words by a Child," Psychological
Review 15, (1908): 339-357.
- Social
Organization: A study of the larger mind.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons(1909).
- "Discussion of Simon Patten, "The Background of Economic
Theories," Publications of the American Sociological Society 7,
(1912): 132.
- "Valuation as a Social Process", Psychological Bulletin 9, (1912).
- "The Institutional Character of Pecuniary Valuation,"
American Journal of Sociology 18, (1913): 543-555.
- "The Sphere of Pecuniary Valuation," American Journal of
Sociology 19, (1913): 188-203.
- "The Progress of Pecuniary Valuation," Quarterly Journal of
Economics 30, (1913): 1-21.
- "Builder of Democracy," Survey 36, (1916): 116.
- "Social Control in International Relations," Publications of
the American Sociological Society 12, (1917): 207-216.
- "A Primary Culture for Democracy," Publications of the
American Sociological Society 13, (1918): 1-10.
- "Political Economy and Social Process," Journal of Political
Economy 25, (1918): 366-374.
- Social
Process. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1918).
- "Reflections
Upon the Sociology of Herbert Spencer," American Journal of
Sociology 26, (1920): 129-145.
- "Now and Then," Journal of Applied Sociology 8, (1924):
259-262.
- "The Roots of Social Knowledge," American Journal of
Sociology 32 (1926): 59-79.
- "Heredity or Environment," Journal of Applied Sociology 10, (1926):
303-307.
- "Sumner and Methodology," Sociology and Social Research 12,
(1928): 303-306.
- "Case Study of Small Institutions as a Method of Research," Publications
of the American Sociological Society 22, (1928): 123-132.
- "The Life-Study Method as Applied to Rural Social Research," Publications
of the American Sociological Society 23, (1929): 248-254.
- "Moderate Behaviorism," The New Republic 49, (1929)
248-254.
- "The Development of Sociology at Michigan" Pp 3-14 in
Sociological Theory and Research, being selected papers of Charles Horton
Cooley, edited by Robert Cooley Angell. New York: . (1930).
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Commentaries
Beyond
the Looking Glass
Quotations
CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY SSR Prelim Summary Archive
Cooley, Charles H.
'Primary Groups.' TS, pp. 315-18.