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| − | '''Edward Alsworth Ross''' (December 12, 1866 – July 22, 1951) was a progressive, [[Eugenics|eugenist]],<ref>{{cite book |title= The Edward A. Ross Papers |year= 1986|publisher= State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Archives & Manuscripts|location= Wisconsin |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CF_gAAAAMAAJ&q=edward+a+ross+eugenics&dq=edward+a+ross+eugenics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7ckFVdqlHePZsASx0oKIAg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ}}</ref> professor at several universities, and former national chairman of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]].<ref>{{cite web|title=40th Anniversary Issue|url=https://www.aclusandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1960-ACLU-Civil-Liberties-Newsletter-40th-Anniversary-Issue.pdf|publisher=ACLU San Diego }}</ref> | + | '''Edward Alsworth Ross''' (December 12, 1866 – July 22, 1951) was a progressive, [[Eugenics|eugenist]],<ref>{{cite book |title= The Edward A. Ross Papers |year= 1986|publisher= State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Archives & Manuscripts|location= Wisconsin |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CF_gAAAAMAAJ&q=edward+a+ross+eugenics&dq=edward+a+ross+eugenics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7ckFVdqlHePZsASx0oKIAg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ}}</ref> author, and professor at several universities, and former national chairman of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]].<ref>{{cite web|title=40th Anniversary Issue|url=https://www.aclusandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1960-ACLU-Civil-Liberties-Newsletter-40th-Anniversary-Issue.pdf|publisher=ACLU San Diego }}</ref> |
In 1900 there was a controversy regarding comments he made during a speech regarding Japanese immigrants, which came to be known as the "Ross Affair" | In 1900 there was a controversy regarding comments he made during a speech regarding Japanese immigrants, which came to be known as the "Ross Affair" | ||
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| + | As an author, Ross' best known book is ''Social Control''. | ||
==="Ross Affair"=== | ==="Ross Affair"=== | ||
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During the time of his employment at [[Stanford University]], Ross gave a speech which was the catalyst for his potential firing and ultimate resignation. He stated the following: | During the time of his employment at [[Stanford University]], Ross gave a speech which was the catalyst for his potential firing and ultimate resignation. He stated the following: | ||
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==Wisconsin Sterilization Law== | ==Wisconsin Sterilization Law== | ||
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In 1913, the State of Wisconsin passed its first sterilization law.<ref name=Wisconsin>{{cite web |url=http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/WI/WI.html |title=Wisconsin }}</ref> Ross, who lived in Wisconsin at the time, was a proponent<ref name=Wisconsin /> of sterilization and indicated his support for the measure.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Vecoli |first=Rudolph |authorlink=Rudolph Vecoli |date=1960 |title=Sterilization: A Progressive Measure? |journal=The Wisconsin Magazine of History |volume=43 |pages=190-202 |quote=For my own part, I am entirely in favor of it. The objections to it are essentially sentimental, and will not bear inspection. Sterilization is not nearly so terrible as hanging a man, and the chances of sterilizing the fit are not nearly so great, as are the chances of hanging the innocent. In introducing the policy, the wedge should have a very thin end indeed. Sterilization should at first be applied only to extreme cases, where the commitments and the record pile up an overwhelming case. As the public becomes accustomed to it, and it is seen to be salutary and humane, it wil be possible gradually to extend its scope until it fills its legitimate sphere of application. }}</ref> | In 1913, the State of Wisconsin passed its first sterilization law.<ref name=Wisconsin>{{cite web |url=http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/WI/WI.html |title=Wisconsin }}</ref> Ross, who lived in Wisconsin at the time, was a proponent<ref name=Wisconsin /> of sterilization and indicated his support for the measure.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Vecoli |first=Rudolph |authorlink=Rudolph Vecoli |date=1960 |title=Sterilization: A Progressive Measure? |journal=The Wisconsin Magazine of History |volume=43 |pages=190-202 |quote=For my own part, I am entirely in favor of it. The objections to it are essentially sentimental, and will not bear inspection. Sterilization is not nearly so terrible as hanging a man, and the chances of sterilizing the fit are not nearly so great, as are the chances of hanging the innocent. In introducing the policy, the wedge should have a very thin end indeed. Sterilization should at first be applied only to extreme cases, where the commitments and the record pile up an overwhelming case. As the public becomes accustomed to it, and it is seen to be salutary and humane, it wil be possible gradually to extend its scope until it fills its legitimate sphere of application. }}</ref> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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| − | * [https://archive.org/details/socialcontrolas04rossgoog Social control; a survey of the foundations of order] | + | * [https://archive.org/details/dollarshonest00rossrich ''Honest Dollars''], (1896) |
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/socialcontrolas04rossgoog Social control; a survey of the foundations of order], (1901) | ||
| + | * ''Foundations of Sociology'', (1905) | ||
| + | * ''Sin and Society: An Analysis of Latter-Day Iniquity'', (1907) | ||
| + | * ''Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book'', (1908) | ||
| + | * ''Latter Day Sinners and Saints'', (1910) | ||
| + | * ''The Changing Chinese: The Conflict of Oriental and Western Cultures in China'', (1911) | ||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/changingamerica00rossgoog ''Changing America: Studies in Contemporary Society''], (1912) | ||
| + | * ''The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People'', (1914) | ||
| + | * ''[https://archive.org/stream/southpanama03rossgoog South of Panama]'', (1915) | ||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/russiainupheava01rossgoog ''Russia in Upheaval''], (1918) | ||
| + | * ''[https://archive.org/details/whatisamerica000156mbp What is America?]'', (1919) | ||
| + | * ''The Principles of Sociology'', (1920) | ||
| + | * ''The Russian Bolshevik Revolution'', (1921) | ||
| + | * ''The Social Trend'', (1922) | ||
| + | * ''The Outlines of Sociology'', (1923) | ||
| + | * ''The Russian Soviet Republic'', (1923) | ||
| + | * ''The Social Revolution in Mexico'', (1923) | ||
| + | * ''Changes in the Size of American Families in One Generation'', (1924) | ||
| + | * ''Roads to Social Peace''(1924) | ||
| + | * ''Civic Sociology: A Textbook in Social and Civic Problems for Young Americans'', (1925) | ||
| + | * ''Report on the Employment of Native Labor in Portuguese Africa'', (1925) | ||
| + | * ''Standing Room Only?'', (1927) | ||
| + | * ''World Drift'', 1928) | ||
| + | * ''Tests and Challenges in Sociology'', (1931) | ||
| + | * ''Seventy Years of It: An Autobiography'', (1936) | ||
| + | * ''New Age Sociology'', (1940) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 23:59, October 8, 2015
Edward Alsworth Ross (December 12, 1866 – July 22, 1951) was a progressive, eugenist,[1] author, and professor at several universities, and former national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union.[2]
In 1900 there was a controversy regarding comments he made during a speech regarding Japanese immigrants, which came to be known as the "Ross Affair"
As an author, Ross' best known book is Social Control.
"Ross Affair"
During the time of his employment at Stanford University, Ross gave a speech which was the catalyst for his potential firing and ultimate resignation. He stated the following:
And should the worst come to the worst it would be better for us if we were to turn our guns upon every vessel bringing Japanese to our shores rather than to permit them to land[3]
In response to this, Jane Stanford called for his resignation.[4]
In Ross' public statement as to his resignation, he wrote about how his good friend, Dr. Jordan, was the one who asked him to make the unfortunate speech in the first place, which ended up being surrounded with so much controversy. Jordan managed to keep Ross from being fired, but he resigned shortly after.[5]
Wisconsin Sterilization Law
In 1913, the State of Wisconsin passed its first sterilization law.[6] Ross, who lived in Wisconsin at the time, was a proponent[6] of sterilization and indicated his support for the measure.[7]
Works
- Honest Dollars, (1896)
- Social control; a survey of the foundations of order, (1901)
- Foundations of Sociology, (1905)
- Sin and Society: An Analysis of Latter-Day Iniquity, (1907)
- Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book, (1908)
- Latter Day Sinners and Saints, (1910)
- The Changing Chinese: The Conflict of Oriental and Western Cultures in China, (1911)
- Changing America: Studies in Contemporary Society, (1912)
- The Old World in the New: The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People, (1914)
- South of Panama, (1915)
- Russia in Upheaval, (1918)
- What is America?, (1919)
- The Principles of Sociology, (1920)
- The Russian Bolshevik Revolution, (1921)
- The Social Trend, (1922)
- The Outlines of Sociology, (1923)
- The Russian Soviet Republic, (1923)
- The Social Revolution in Mexico, (1923)
- Changes in the Size of American Families in One Generation, (1924)
- Roads to Social Peace(1924)
- Civic Sociology: A Textbook in Social and Civic Problems for Young Americans, (1925)
- Report on the Employment of Native Labor in Portuguese Africa, (1925)
- Standing Room Only?, (1927)
- World Drift, 1928)
- Tests and Challenges in Sociology, (1931)
- Seventy Years of It: An Autobiography, (1936)
- New Age Sociology, (1940)
References
- ↑ (1986) The Edward A. Ross Papers. Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Division of Archives & Manuscripts.
- ↑ 40th Anniversary Issue. ACLU San Diego.
- ↑ Stanford University. The Independent (New York).
- ↑ Burns, Edward McNall (1953). David Starr Jordan: Prophet of Freedom. Stanford University Press.
- ↑ (1900) The Argonaut. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum and Historical Society.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wisconsin.
- ↑ Vecoli, Rudolph (1960). "Sterilization: A Progressive Measure?". The Wisconsin Magazine of History 43: 190-202. "For my own part, I am entirely in favor of it. The objections to it are essentially sentimental, and will not bear inspection. Sterilization is not nearly so terrible as hanging a man, and the chances of sterilizing the fit are not nearly so great, as are the chances of hanging the innocent. In introducing the policy, the wedge should have a very thin end indeed. Sterilization should at first be applied only to extreme cases, where the commitments and the record pile up an overwhelming case. As the public becomes accustomed to it, and it is seen to be salutary and humane, it wil be possible gradually to extend its scope until it fills its legitimate sphere of application.".