Jonathan F Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 325170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan F Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan F |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Benedictine University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Tattoos in American Visual Culture
The Cigarette Century
American Green
Inside Toyland
The Interruption of Income Convergence and Income Growth in Large Cities in the 1980s
Recent studies have documented the divergence of per capita personal income among regions of the US in the 1980s following many decades of income convergence. This paper establishes the same pattern of divergence for median family income in the 1980s and argues that regional specialisation in producer services contributed to upward divergence of regions with above average income. Because producer services are concentrated in cities, the growth of…
Then and Now
A content analysis of 47 social theory textbooks reveals that certain social theorists are no longer given the coverage they once received. After examining some reasons for the general decline in coverage of many theorists, the continued popularity of Hegel, the decline of interest in Machiavelli and Vico, and the continued slight coverage of Ibn Khaldun, we discuss the impact of both the Cold War and scientific sociology on the content of theory…
Of Card Tricks and Charismatic Leaders
When teaching introductory sociology classes, I try often to employ teaching devices which stimulate the attention of the class without sacrificing the point I am trying to make. Using such devices, however, presents a difficulty: it is very easy to slide from the role of instructor to that of entertainer, particularly in a large lecture hall crammed with students who respond well to humor and light, off-the-cuff remarks. The following lecture sh…
The Dog in the Night-Time
The overwhelming emphasis in social research on collecting positive data has had the dangerous effect of minimizing the worth of negative evidence, which is defined in this paper as either (1) the nonoccurrence of events, (2) an occurrence that is not reacted to or not reported (because it is outside the frame of reference of the population or of the researcher), or (3) although noted in its raw form, distorted in its interpretation or withheld f…
The Interruption of Income Convergence and Income Growth in Large Cities in the 1980s
Recent studies have documented the divergence of per capita personal income among regions of the US in the 1980s following many decades of income convergence. This paper establishes the same pattern of divergence for median family income in the 1980s and argues that regional specialisation in producer services contributed to upward divergence of regions with above average income. Because producer services are concentrated in cities, the growth of…
The Dog in the Night-Time
The overwhelming emphasis in social research on collecting positive data has had the dangerous effect of minimizing the worth of negative evidence, which is defined in this paper as either (1) the nonoccurrence of events, (2) an occurrence that is not reacted to or not reported (because it is outside the frame of reference of the population or of the researcher), or (3) although noted in its raw form, distorted in its interpretation or withheld f…
American Green
The Cigarette Century
Tattoos in American Visual Culture
Then and Now
A content analysis of 47 social theory textbooks reveals that certain social theorists are no longer given the coverage they once received. After examining some reasons for the general decline in coverage of many theorists, the continued popularity of Hegel, the decline of interest in Machiavelli and Vico, and the continued slight coverage of Ibn Khaldun, we discuss the impact of both the Cold War and scientific sociology on the content of theory…
The Dog in the Night-Time
The overwhelming emphasis in social research on collecting positive data has had the dangerous effect of minimizing the worth of negative evidence, which is defined in this paper as either (1) the nonoccurrence of events, (2) an occurrence that is not reacted to or not reported (because it is outside the frame of reference of the population or of the researcher), or (3) although noted in its raw form, distorted in its interpretation or withheld f…
Of Card Tricks and Charismatic Leaders
When teaching introductory sociology classes, I try often to employ teaching devices which stimulate the attention of the class without sacrificing the point I am trying to make. Using such devices, however, presents a difficulty: it is very easy to slide from the role of instructor to that of entertainer, particularly in a large lecture hall crammed with students who respond well to humor and light, off-the-cuff remarks. The following lecture sh…
Then and Now
A content analysis of 47 social theory textbooks reveals that certain social theorists are no longer given the coverage they once received. After examining some reasons for the general decline in coverage of many theorists, the continued popularity of Hegel, the decline of interest in Machiavelli and Vico, and the continued slight coverage of Ibn Khaldun, we discuss the impact of both the Cold War and scientific sociology on the content of theory…
The Interruption of Income Convergence and Income Growth in Large Cities in the 1980s
Recent studies have documented the divergence of per capita personal income among regions of the US in the 1980s following many decades of income convergence. This paper establishes the same pattern of divergence for median family income in the 1980s and argues that regional specialisation in producer services contributed to upward divergence of regions with above average income. Because producer services are concentrated in cities, the growth of…
American Green
Inside Toyland
Tattoos in American Visual Culture
The Cigarette Century
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