"Introductory Texts and 'Principles'"
from American Sociology: The Story of Sociology in the United States through
1950
Howard W. Odum
This table reproduces information from Odum's history of sociology in the United States. Richard Lee Smith used this list in his survey of references to Mead in textbooks and monographs used in his dissertation and in American Sociology and Pragmatism (Lewis and Smith 1980). The term "Identification" refers to the institution with which the authors were located at the time of publication.
| Year | Title | Author | Identification |
| 1883 | Dynamic Sociology | Ward | Brown |
| 1894 | Introduction to Society | Small | Chicago |
| 1896 | Principles of Sociology | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1898 | Outlines of Sociology | Ward | Brown |
| 1898 | Introduction to Sociology | Stuckenberg | At large |
| 1898 | Elements of Sociology | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1898 | Elements of Sociology | Henderson | Chicago |
| 1899 | Principles of Sociology | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1901 | Inductive Sociology | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1901 | Introduction to Sociology | Fairbanks | At large |
| 1902 | Outline of Practical Sociology | Wright | Clark |
| 1903 | Pure Sociology | Ward | Brown |
| 1903 | Sociology | Stuckenberg | At large |
| 1905 | Textbook in Sociology | Ward | Brown |
| 1905 | General Sociology | Small | Chicago |
| 1905 | Elements of Sociology | Blackmar | Kansas |
| 1905 | Foundations of Sociology | Ross | Wisconsin |
| 1905 | Textbook of Sociology | Dealey-Ward | Brown |
| 1906 | Applied Sociology | Ward | Brown |
| 1909 | Sociology | Dealey | Brown |
| 1910 | Sociology—Social Problems | Ellwood | Missouri |
| 1914 | Inductive Sociology | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1915 | Outlines of Sociology | Blackmar-Gillin | Kansas-Wisconsin |
| 1915 | Introduction to Sociology | Hayes | Illinois |
| 1916 | Outline of Applied Sociology | Fairchild | New York University |
| 1916 | Fundamentals of Sociology | Kirkpatrick | Wisconsin |
| 1917 | Introduction to Sociology | Bogardus | Southern California |
| 1918 | Sociology | Hayes | Illinois |
| 1919 | Elements of Sociology | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1919 | Outline of Applied Sociology | Fairchild | Yale |
| 1920 | Principles of Sociology | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1920 | Principles of Sociology | Ross | Wisconsin |
| 1920 | Principles of Sociology | Clow | Wisconsin Normal |
| 1920 | Principles of Sociology | Dow | Baylor |
| 1920 | Introduction to Sociology | Findlay | Minnesota |
| 1920 | Sociology | Dealey | Brown |
| 1921 | Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Park-Burgess | Chicago |
| 1923 | Principles of Sociology | Bushee | Colorado |
| 1923 | Human Relations | Carver | Harvard |
| 1923 | Elementary Sociology | Finney | Minnesota |
| 1923 | Outlines of Sociology | Ross | Wisconsin |
| 1924 | Scientific Study of Human Society | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1924 | Elements of Social Science | Fairchild | New York University |
| 1924 | Outlines of Sociology | Case | Southern California |
| 1925 | Sociology—Social Problems | Beach | Stanford |
| 1926 | Human Relations | Taylor-Brown | North Carolina State |
| 1927 | Foundations of Social Life | Fairchild | New York University |
| 1927 | Science of Social Relations | Hart | Duke |
| 1927 | Science of Society | Sumner-Keller | Yale |
| 1927 | Introduction to Sociology | Wallis | Minnesota |
| 1927 | An Introduction to Sociology | Barnes-Davis | Smith-Yale |
| 1928 | Principles of Sociology | Binder | New York University |
| 1928 | Principles of Sociology | Lumley | Ohio State |
| 1928 | Introduction to the Study of Sociology | Hankins | Smith |
| 1929 | Introduction to Sociology | Dawson-Gettys | McGill-Texas |
| 1929 | Introduction to Sociology | Hankins | Smith |
| 1930 | Man and Society | Haas | Wisconsin |
| 1930 | Principles of Sociology | Ross | Wisconsin |
| 1931 | Introduction to Sociology | Groves | North Carolina |
| 1931 | Society | Maclver | Columbia |
| 1932 | Civilization and Society | Giddings | Columbia |
| 1932 | Concepts of Sociology | Eubank | Cincinnati |
| 1932 | Principles of Sociology | Reinhardt- Davies | Nebraska-Washington State |
| 1932 | A Survey of Society | E. J. Ross | Trinity College |
| 1933 | Outlines of Sociology | Ross | Wisconsin |
| 1933 | Introductory Sociology | Cooley and others | Michigan |
| 1933 | Principles of Sociology | Hiller | Illinois |
| 1933 | Educational Sociology | Snedden | Teachers College |
| 1933 | Introduction to Sociology | Reuter-Hart | Iowa State-National Opinion Research Center, Chicago |
| 1934 | Rudiments of Sociology | E. J. Ross | Trinity College |
| 1934 | General Sociology | Fairchild | New York University |
| 1934 | Sociology | Bogardus | Southern California |
| 1934 | Introductory Sociology | Young | Northwestern |
| 1934 | Introduction to Educational Sociology | Finney-Zeleny | Minnesota |
| 1935 | Dynamic Society | Elliott andothers | Penn State College for Women |
| 1935 | Introductory Sociology | Murray | Notre Dame |
| 1935 | Introduction to Sociology | Dawson-Gettys | McGill-Texas |
| 1936 | Introductory Sociology | Kulp | Teachers College |
| 1936 | Principles of Sociology | Phelps | Pittsburgh |
| 1937 | Introductory Sociology | Sutherland and Woodward | Texas |
| 1937 | Practical Sociology | Zeleny | State Teachers, |
| 1937 | Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems | Beach | St. Cloud, Minn. Stanford |
| 1938 | Fundamentals of Sociology | Boettiger | Lawrence |
| 1939 | Outline of Principles of Sociology | Park, Reuter and others | Chicago |
| 1939 | General Sociology | Wright-Elmer | Pittsburgh |
| 1939 | Fundamental Sociology | E. J. Ross | Trinity |
| 1939 | Introductory Sociology | Gregory-Bidgood | Alabama |
| 1939 | Foundations of Sociology | Lundberg | Washington |
| 1940 | Introduction to Sociology | Groves-Moore | North Carolina-Texas |
| 1940 | Sociology | Ogburn-Nimkoff | Chicago-Bucknell |
| 1941 | Handbook of Sociology | Reuter | Iowa State |
| 1942 | Introduction to Sociology | Bernard | Washington University |
| 1942 | Introduction to Sociology | Gillin-Gillin | Wisconsin-North Carolina |
| 1946 | Sociology | La Piere | Stanford |
| 1947 | Sociology: A Synopsis of Principles | Cuber | Ohio State |
| 1947 | Understanding Society | Odum | North Carolina |
| 1948 | Cultural Sociology | Gillin-Gillin | Wisconsin-North Carolina |
| 1948 | Social Life: Structure and Function | Bennett-Tumin | Ohio State-Princeton |
| 1949 | Human Society | K. Davis | Columbia |
| 1949 | Basic Sociological Principles | M. E. Jones | Wyoming |
| 1949 | Man in Environment | Paul H. Landis | Washington State |
| 1949 | Society | Maclver-Page | Columbia-Smith |
| 1950 | Sociology | T.C.McCormick | Wisconsin |
| 1950 | Fundamentals of Sociology | Seba Eldridgeand others | Kansas |
| 1951 | Elements of Sociology | Martindale-Monachesi | Minnesota |
| 1951 | Sociology | Roucek-Warren | Bridgeport- Alfred
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