Contends that Benjamin Bowser's essay (title cited above) contains conceptual and factual errors on such matters as the relationship of African slavery to European economic expansion; influence of Social Darwinism; and the role of Robert Park, W.E.B. DuBois, E. Franklin Frazier, and other Black historians in sociological research in this country.…

Having developed a paradigm for substructural irregularities in patterns of interaction, presents the paradigm axiomatically so that it has application to any system which is assumed to be stratified on a power-dependence dimension. (RJ)

Notes that Park differs from Myrdal not only because he holds the view that racial ideologies are products of both historical and contemporary conflicts and are thus embedded in peoples consciousness, but also in his belief that America is not an idealistic or especially moral nation. (Author/AM)

Black participation in sociology as an academic specialty dates from the formal emergence of sociology in 1892. The nature of that participation and its location within the framework and demands of the sociological enterprise are the major concerns of this article. (Author/GC)

An important division of opinion on the nature of caste has developed among a number of prominent authorities on the sociology and anthropology of India. In this regard, the ideas of M. V. Shrinivas, T. B. Bottomore, E. R. Leach and Gerald Berreman are discussed. Comparison is made between caste in India and racial stratification in the United…

DuBois' scholarly efforts from 1894 to 1915 provided social science with its first acceptable and comprehensive analysis of Afro-American culture. DuBois should be viewed not only as the foremost pioneer of Black Studies but also as one of the founders of American social sciences. (CMG)

The "system paradigm" is a basic conceptual external constraint upon sociologists which inhibits their analysis of the black-white conflict in America. To illustrate this point the central concepts of Robert E. Park and Gunnar Myrdal are examined. (EH)

Discusses the role sociology plays in the society through an examination of sociological theory. Reviews the contributions and reactions of Black sociologists to these theories from the nineteenth century through the 1950s. (Author/MK)

Reviews recent trends in suicide among young Blacks and discusses three inadequate causal theories (urban stress, status integration, and Black family deficit). Presents an alternative explanatory paradigm which focuses on weakened communal and family ties as a result of upward mobility. (MK)

This study fulfills a need for empirical information on black scholars. A questionnaire sent to Black American sociologists with a Ph.D. elicited the following information: (1) the number of females increased 200% since 1967: (2) the median age dropped; (3) most were reared in southern states; and (4) most wrote race related dissertations.

Compares black and white workers on positions in the occupational structure and income levels while controlling a number of related factors that were not possible to include in earlier studies; data are derived from a larger study of applicants for disability benefits under the Social Security program. (Author/JM)

Critically assesses the role played by early American sociology with respect to racism in American society prior to World War I, describing two supposedly distinct modes of thought contending with each other--the progressive mind and the conservative defense. (Author/JM)