4: Early American Sociology Last updated Save as PDF Page ID 88314 Allison Hurst Oregon State University 4.1: Biography of Early American Sociologists 4.2: Comparison of Spencer and Ward by Barnes (1919) 4.3: Thorstein Veblen, on Labor(1898) 4.4: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Women and Economics (1898) 4.5: Du Bois on The Study of Social Problems (1898) 4.6: Jane Addams, “Trade Unions and Public Duty” (1899) 4.7: Edward A. Ross on Social Control (1900) 4.8: Charles A. Ellwood on Revolution (1905) 4.9: Charles Horton Cooley, “Social Consciousness” (1907) 4.10: Lester Ward, “Social Classes” (1908) 4.11: Franklin H. Giddings on Theory and Public Policy (1911) 4.12: Small on the Sociological Point of View (1920) Thumbnail: W. E. B. Du Bois, with beard and mustache, around 50 years old. (Public Domain; Cornelius Marion Battey via Wikipedia )