W. Lloyd Warner
W. Lloyd Warner | |
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Born | October 26, 1898 |
Died | May 23, 1970 Chicago, Illinois |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology, Sociology |
Institutions | University of Chicago, Harvard University |
Doctoral students | Kingsley Davis |
William Lloyd Warner (October 26, 1898 – May 23, 1970) was a pioneering anthropologist
Background
William Lloyd Warner was born in Redlands, California, into the family of William Taylor and Clara Belle Carter, middle-class farmers. Warner attended San Bernardino High School, after which he joined the army in 1917. He contracted tuberculosis in 1918 and was released from the service. In 1918, he married Billy Overfield, but the marriage lasted only briefly.
Warner enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied English and became associated with the Socialist Party.
In 1921, he transferred to New York to pursue a career in acting. The plan did not work well, and Warner returned to Berkeley to complete his studies in English.
At Berkeley, he met
Research in Australia
From 1926 to 1929, Warner spent three years as a researcher for the
While at Harvard, Warner taught at the Graduate School of Business Administration. From 1930 to 1935, he conducted his most influential study, which was known by the name The Yankee City Project. In 1932, he married Mildred Hall, with whom he had three children.
Career at Harvard
Warner enrolled at
During his years at Harvard, he became a member of a group of social scientists, led by Australian social psychologist
Career in Chicago
In 1935, he was appointed professor of anthropology and sociology at the
Warner's Yankee City study lasted nearly a decade and produced 5 volumes: The Social Life of a Modern Community (1941), The Status System of a Modern Community (1942), The Social Systems of American Ethnic Groups (1945), The Social System of a Modern Factory (1947), and The Living and the Dead: A Study in the Symbolic Life of Americans (1959).
Criticisms
Despite his impressive productivity and wide range of interests, Warner's work has long been out of fashion. The noted Marxist sociologist
Bibliography
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1967. The Emergent American Society.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1963. The American Federal Executive: A Study of the Social and Personal Characteristics of the Civil Service.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1963. Big Business Leaders in America.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1962. The Corporation in the Emergent American Society.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1961. The Family of God: A Symbolic Study of Christian Life in America.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1960. Social class in America: A Manual of Procedure for the Measurement of Social Status.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1959. The Living and the Dead: A Study of the Symbolic Life of Americans.
- Warner, W. Lloyd (ed.). 1959. Industrial Man: Businessmen and Business Organizations.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1955. Big Business Leaders in America,
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1955. Occupational Mobility in American Business and Industry, 1928–1952.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1953. American Life: Dream and Reality.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1952. Structure of American Life.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1949. Democracy in Jonesville; A Study of Quality and Inequality.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1949. Social Class in America: A Manual of Procedure for the Measurement of Social Status.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1948. The Radio Day Time Serial: A Symbolic Analysis.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1947. The Social System of the Modern Factory. The Strike: A Social Analysis.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1946. Who Shall Be Educated? The Challenge of Unequal Opportunities.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1945. The Social Systems of American Ethnic Groups.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1944. Who Shall Be Educated? The Challenge of Unequal Opportunities.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1942. The Status System of a Modern Community.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1941. Color and Human Nature: Negro Personality Development in a Northern City.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1937. A Black Civilization: A Social Study of an Australian Tribe.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1933. Methodology and Field Research in Africa. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 51-58
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1931. Morphology and Functions of the Australian Murngin Type of Kinship (Part II), American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 172-198.
- Warner, W. Lloyd. 1930. Morphology and Functions of the Australian Murngin Type of Kinship (Part I), American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 207-256.
Associated references
- Easton, John. 2001. Consuming Interests. University of Chicago Magazine 93(6)
- Marquand, John P. 1939. Wickford Point.
- Marquand, John P. 1947. Point of No Return. (one of the novel character represents Lloyd Warner
Notes
Citations
- ^ Hamby 2008, p. 355.
- ^ Hamby 2011, p. 219.
- ^ Mulvaney 1990.
- ^ Robinson 2004, pp. 153–154.
- ISSN 0170-8406.
- ^ Kirby & Kummerow 2013, p. 12.
- ^ Abraham 2016, p. 28.
- ^ "William Lloyd Warner" in Oxford Reference (2023) online
- ^ Herbert M. Hunter, Sameer Y. Abraham, "Race, class, and the world system: the sociology of Oliver C. Cox", Monthly Review Press, 1987
- ^ McCracken 1990, pp. 41–42.
Sources
- Abraham, Priya E. (2016). Cyberconnecting: The Three Lenses of Diversity. ISBN 978-1-317-15523-2.
- Robinson, Gary W. (2004). "Living in Sheds, Suicide, Friendship and Research Among the Tiwi". In Hume, Lynne; Mulcock, Jane (eds.). Anthropologists in the Field: Cases in Participant Observation. ISBN 978-0-231-13005-9.
- Hamby, Louise (2008). "The Forgotten Collections Baskets reveal history". In Peterson, Nicolas; Allen, Lindy; Hamby, Louise (eds.). The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections. ISBN 978-0-522-85568-5.
- Hamby, Louise (2011). "The Forgotten Collections Baskets reveal history". In Thomas, Martin; Neale, Margo (eds.). Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition. ISBN 978-1-921-66645-2.
- Kirby, Neil; Kummerow, Elizabeth (2013). Organisational Culture. World Scientific. ISBN 978-9-814-52510-7.
- McCracken, Grant David (1990) [First published 1988]. "Ever dearer in our thoughts: patina and the representation of status before and after the 18th century". Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities. ISBN 978-0-253-20628-2.
- Mulvaney, D. J. (1990). Warner, William Lloyd (1898–1970). Melbourne University Press.
- "Prof. W. Lloyd Warner Dead; Known for Class Status Work". The New York Times. May 24, 1970. p. 81.
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- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.