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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 028, Number 37, May 10, 2004, Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley Forum, Volume 028, Number 37, May 10, 2004, Grand Valley State University
2003-2004, Volume 28
Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.
Caroline Bartlett Crane And Municipalsanitation: Applied Sociology In The Progressive Era, Linda Rynbrandt
Caroline Bartlett Crane And Municipalsanitation: Applied Sociology In The Progressive Era, Linda Rynbrandt
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Applied Sociology occupies contested territory between academic sociology and social activism. An examination of applied sociology at the turn of the 20th century, as practiced by Caroline Bartlett Crane, Unitarian minister and Progressive Era social reformer, provides an excellent case study of these disciplinary debates. This article examines Crane’s efforts to utilize the new discipline of sociology to improve society through municipal sanitation. Sociology and community social reform were often closely linked in the Progressive Era. Early reformers and applied sociologists involved in sociology at the turn of the 20th century would likely be puzzled by the academic focus of …