Developed as a field of study 1800s

Several factors led to its creation: Social changes

Population growth Housing shortages

Political changes Both a result of the Industrial

Revolution Home factory

Pollution Growth of factories growth of

cities Behavior patterns start to change

Adapting to urban life Patterns studied = early sociology America The Story of US= 28min.

Early EuropeanAuguste Comte

Father of Sociology Harriet MartineauHerbert Spencer

“survival of the fittest”Karl Marx

Communist Manifesto

Late EuropeanEmile DurkheimMax Weber

Americans Jane Addams

Hull House W.E.B. Du Bois

Teacher turned radical writer Moved from place to place because of his

views on government.No one wanted him to live in their country

Structure of society dictated by how its economy is organized.

Society divided into 2 classes:BourgeoisieProletariat

BourgeoisieAka capitalistsOwn the means to produce goods

ProletariatAka workersOwn the labor needed to produce goods

Imbalance would lead to conflict Proletariat should overthrow bourgeoisie

Revolution speeds up change Led to sociological perspective= Conflict

Theory