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A05 questions The second and third American sociologists ever Save as a document and upload to Canvas by the deadline here You will need around five to six hours to complete this assignment Hopefully you noticed on the previous assigment, A04, located here, that Du Boisian theory can take us pretty far. I mean it allowed us to better understand modern American society, (as well as Japanese and Chinese migration to the United States), within a few hours. · Du Bosian theory, also called critical race theory or postcolonial theory - Modern structural institutions are infected with racism and therefore modern societies are best understood by paying attention to the ways people get organized (or organize themselves) by race and color. Always remember that Du Bois was a Weberian, see A03, located here. · Weberian theory, also called institutional theory or organizational theory - Society is best understood by paying attention to the ways people organize themselves into structural institutions. Do Boisian theory can't explain everything about modern American society, (or, even, just "society" more broadly), however. No theory can. By definition theories can only give us a "partial view" of what's going on. So let's bring in some more sociology! So far you only really have learned about one study, Milgram's small world study, and the 19th century European sociologists who influenced Du Bois. This assignment will introduce you to two American sociologists who came after Du Bois and we'll also hit the pause button after you learn about them to see how they measure up to Du Bois. I know, I know. The hits keep coming ;) This section should take around two hours to complete 01. .05 points, At least 25 words > Make the argument that it would have been impossible for W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) to earn his Ph.D at Harvard University and research, write and publish the first American sociological study ever, The Philadelphia Negro (1899) had it not been for the trial of Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784). In order to get credit for your answer you must reference the little essay about Phillis Wheatley posted below and be sure to explain and defend your response. I first introduced W.E.B. Du Bois and The Philadelphia Negro (1899) here. · "Phillis Wheatly on Trial" (2003) by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Links to an external site.) 02. .05 points, At least 10 words, Note the word count change > Speculate on why the U.S. government was *suspicious* of Du Bois. Be sure to explain and defend your response by referencing the article below. · "How Du Bois found his resting place in Ghana" (2017) by Amy Yee (Links to an external site.) The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (1916) by W. I. Thomas 03. .05 points, At least 10 words > The second American sociological study ever researched and written was W.I. Thomas' The Polish Peasant In Europe and America (1916). You can read a little review article about it here (Links to an external site.). Thomas used (paper) letters as his locatable facts for The Polish Peasant In Europe and America (1916) just like Milgram did for An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem (1967), first introduced here, but he used them in a very different way. Simply compare and contrast how Thomas used letters as locatable facts to the way Milgram did and be sure to explain and defend your response. · A locatable fact is a fact you can actually locate in the world and not just a map 04. .05 points, At least 10 words > W. I. Thomas followed the rules of positivism when researching and writing The Polish Peasant In Europe and America (1916). How do his methods for gathering locatable facts compare and contrast to the ways Du Bois, an anti-positivist, gathered locatable facts for his 1898 study The Philadelphia Negro, first introduced here. Be sure to reference this (Links to an external site.) review article on The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (1916), assigned for Q03 directly above, and be sure to explain and defend your response. · Positivism is a philosophical system, which suggests that sociologists should follow the rules of natural science and root all of their ideas in empirical data · Anti-positivism is a philosophical system, which suggests that following the rules of natural science, like positivists suggest, are not enough when it comes to trying to figure out something as complicated as how a society works. Societies are made up of people who make sense of themselves and one another by telling stories, which aren't always verifiable or even explainable. So what sociologists should do is develop a good strong theory to guide their research, (i.e., data collection), even if this approach might be pulling them a little bit away from the natural sciences, (which are rooted in empiricism), and into fields like history or philosophy, (which are by definition highly subjective and interpretive). The Hobo, The Sociology of the Homeless Man (1923) by Nels Anderson 05. .05 points, At least 10 words > The third American sociological study ever written was The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man (1923) by Nels Anderson. Learn about this study here (Links to an external site.) and here (Links to an external site.). Now read the first chapter or two of The Hobo, The Sociology of the Homeless Man (1923), archived for you here, and based on what you read speculate on what you think Anderson's method was for gathering data? Did he use the census to locate a community he could survey, like Du Bois did in The Philadelphia Negro (1899). Or gather up and read people's personal letters, like Thomas did in The Polish Peasant In Europe and America (1916)? Or something else? If you choose something else be sure to identify what you think his method was. Again, I archived the whole book for you here, but you only need to read the first chapter or two to answer this question. Be sure to explain and defend your response. 06. .05 points, At least 25 words, Note the word count change > Review the Sage, Ritzer textbook pages I assigned for A03 Q01 and look for the parts on "ethics in research." I reproduced some quick link below to help you find them quickly. Now, how does the topic of the "ethics in research" come up for W.I. Thomas when he researched and wrote The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (1916). Here (Links to an external site.) is a quick link to the review article I assigned for this study in Q03. Be sure to explain and defend your response. · Sage, Ritzer, Chapter 2, Thinking about and Researching the Social World · Scroll to "Researching the Social World" and "Issues In Social Research" 07. .05 points, At least 25 words > Review the Sage, Ritzer textbook pages I assigned for A03 Q01 and read what they say about "conflict theory." I reproduced some quick link below to help you find them quickly. When Nels Anderson researched and wrote The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man (1923), do you think he was guided by conflict theory? Be sure to show you got the definition for "conflict theory" from the Lumen materials below and to explain and defend your response. · Sage, Ritzer, Chapter 2, Thinking about and Researching the Social World · Scroll to "Contemporary Social Theory" This section should take around three hours to complete The first three sociological studies ever researched and written in the United States The first three sociological studies ever researched and written in the United States had absolutely nothing to do with one another. That is, sociology as a formal academic discipline didn't really exist in the United States when these studies were published. So it is important to know where, when and how they came from. I summarized this information for you below, which you should have picked up from A03 and A04. "The Philadelphia Negro" (1899) · Researched and written by the first African-American to get a doctorate from Harvard, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963), who identified as a historian; Du Bois was partly trained in sociology by the anti-positivist who founded German sociology, Max Weber (1864-1920); Du Bois' theoretical focus was on structural institutions, like Weber, however, Du Bois was interested in how structural institutions organized societies by race and color and were infected with systematic racism and colorism); Unlike Max Weber who was a basic or unobtrusive researcher, Du Bois made his first sociological study, "The Philadelphia Negro (1899)," applied research "The Polish Peasant In Europe and America" (1916) · Researched and written by a white English professor, W. I. Thomas (1863-1947), who identified as a self-taught sociologist and ethnographer; Thomas was a positivist and an applied researcher to an with a specific interest in material culture (i.e., he studied the letters people wrote, not the people who wrote these letters) "The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man" (1923) · Researched and written by a white wannabe journalist (reporter) just out of college, Nels Anderson (1899-1986), who grew up in the Mormon Church, but wasn't particularly religious; Anderson did have a strong sense of civic duty, which he attributed to growing up in the Mormon Church; Anderson was a positivist and an applied researcher 08. .05 points, At least 45 words, Note the word count change >Just summarize for yourself the different topics, locatable facts, research methods and findings of the following sociological studies, as well as any other information about these studies you think is relevant or important. · The Philadelphia Negro (1899) by W.E.B. Du Bois, first assigned here · The Polish Peasant In Europe and America (1916) by W. I. Thomas, first assigned above · The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man (1923) by Nels Anderson, first assigned above I love these books so much. Especially "The Philadelphia Negro" (1899). (Want to see Du Bois' own personal copy of "The Philaldelphia Negro"? I'll show it to you via my own personal home movies if you don't make fun of me. The first time I went to Ghana to speak on Du Bois in 2010 (Links to an external site.), I was allowed to go through Du Bois' book shelves! True story. It was one of the highlights of my life. I nearly died! (You have to understand I really love Du Bois). Turn the sound up on the videos archived here. But do not judge me ;) I was fan girling). Anyways, the reason I am making you learn about these three studies isn't just because I love them. It's also because sociologists don't really write big, fat books like this anymore. Most formal, scientific, academic sociology, (the kind you learn in an undergraduate course like this one), is written for and published in academic journals, like Milgram's "Experimental Study of the Small World Problem (1967)," which I first assigned here. I didn't make you read the really academic version of this study, but take a quick look at it here (Links to an external site.) now. See how terse and analytical it is. How mathematical? This is not how people like Du Bois and Thomas and Anderson thought sociology should be when they were trying to establish it as a formal academic discipline in the United States! Du Bois and Thomas and Anderson all envisioned sociology to be more like ... literature. More like reading a really good