Stanley Lieberson

Stanley Lieberson (April 20, 1933 – March 19, 2018) was an American sociologist.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lieberson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School before attending Brooklyn College. Lieberson completed graduate study at the University of Chicago.[1] He taught at the University of Washington from 1967 to 1971,[2] then joined Harvard University as the Abbott Lawrence Lowell Research Professor of Sociology.[3] Over the course of his career, Lieberson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship,[4] named a member of the National Academy of Sciences[5] and the American Philosophical Society,[6] granted fellowship to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[7] and served the American Sociological Association as its president.[8] He died on March 19, 2018.[9][10] Volume 49 of the journal Sociological Methodology, published in 2019, was dedicated to Lieberson.[11]

Selected books

• Lieberson, Stanley (2000). A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300083859.[12]
• Lieberson, Stanley; Waters, Mary C. (1988). From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America. Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 9780871545435.[13]
• Lieberson, Stanley (1985). Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520053502.[14]
• Lieberson, Stanley (1980). A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants Since 1880. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520041233.[15]
• Lieberson, Stanley (1970). Language and Ethnic Relations in Canada. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 9780471534211.[16]

References

1. "Stanley Lieberson Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of Sociology, Emeritus". Harvard University Department of Sociology. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
2. "Remembering Stanley Lieberson". University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. March 30, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
3. "Stanley Lieberson". Harvard University. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
4. "Stanley Lieberson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
5. "Stanley Lieberson". National Academy of Science. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
6. "American Philosophical Society Member History". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
7. "Professor Stanley Lieberson". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
8. "Stanley Lieberson 1933-2018". American Sociological Association. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
9. "Stanley Lieberson". Boston Globe. March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via Legacy.com.
10. Marquad, Bryan (May 30, 2018). "Stanley Lieberson, sociologist who studied language, race, and first names, dies at 84". Boston Globe. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
11. Marsden, Peter V. (2019). "Dedication: Stanley Lieberson: Meta-Methodologist Extraordinaire". Sociological Methodology. 49 (1): ix–xvii. doi:10.1177/0081175019863073. S2CID 202948275. ResearchGate:335506002
12. Reviews of A Matter of Taste include:
    • Goldthorpe, John H. (June 1, 2002). "Stanley Lieberson: A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions and Culture Change. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. 334 + xvi pp. £20.00 cloth. ISBN 0–300–08385". European Sociological Review. 18 (2): 251–252. doi:10.1093/esr/18.2.251.
    • "Stanley Lieberson: A matter of taste. How names, fashions, and culture change New Haven und London: Yale University Press 2000. 334 Seiten. ISBN 0-300-08385. Preis: $ 29,90". Koelner Z.Soziol.u.Soz.Psychol. 54: 581–582. September 2002. doi:10.1007/s11577-002-0076-z.
13. Reviews of From Many Strands include:
    • Anderson, Margo (March 1990). "Lieberson and Waters, "From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America" (Book Review)". Social Science Quarterly. 71 (1). ProQuest 1291646429.
    • Model, Suzanne (1990–1991). "Reviewed Work: From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America by Stanley Lieberson, Mary C. Waters". Journal of American Ethnic History. 10 (1–2): 115–117. JSTOR 27500813.
    • Richmond, Anthony H. (September 1989). "From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America. Stanley Lieberson , Mary C. Waters". American Journal of Sociology. 95 (2): 474–475. doi:10.1086/229288. JSTOR 2780919.
    • Reitz, Jeffrey G. (June 1990). "From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America.By Stanley Lieberson and Mary C. Waters. Russell Sage Foundation. 304 pp. $29.95 Get access Arrow". Social Forces. 68 (4): 1349–1350. doi:10.1093/sf/68.4.1349.
    • Gregg, Robert S. (September 1989). "Book Review: From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America". International Migration Review. 23 (3): 726–727. doi:10.1177/019791838902300317. JSTOR 2546437.
    • Light, Ivan (March 1990). "From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America.By Stanley Lieberson and Mary C. Waters. Russell Sage Foundation. 289 pp. $29.95". Social Forces. 68 (3): 992–993. doi:10.1093/sf/68.3.992. JSTOR 2579406.
14. Reviews of Making It Count include:
    • Arminger, Gerhard; Bohrnstedt, George W. (1987). "Making It Count Even More: A Review and Critique of Stanley Lieberson's Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Theory and Research". Sociological Methodology. 17: 363–372. doi:10.2307/271038. JSTOR 271038.
    • Smith, Daniel Scott (June 1987). "Stanley Lieberson . Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory . Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1985. Pp. xiv, 257. $19.95". American Historical Review. 92 (3): 635. doi:10.1086/ahr/92.3.635.
15. Reviews of A Piece of the Pie include:
    • Weber, Michael P. (1982). "A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants Since 1880. By Stanley Lieberson (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981, xiii, 433 pp. $34.50, $11.50 paper)". Journal of Social History. 16 (1): 143–145. doi:10.1353/jsh/16.1.143.
    • Endo, Russell (June 1983). "Book Review: A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants since 1880". International Migration Review. 17 (2): 350–351. doi:10.1177/019791838301700215.
    • Goldscheider, Calvin (December 1982). "A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants Since 1880.By Stanley Lieberson. Berkeley: University of California Press. 419 pp. $11.50 Get access Arrow". Social Forces. 61 (2): 613–615. doi:10.1093/sf/61.2.613.
    • Bodnar, John (December 1982). "A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants since 1880. By Stanley Lieberson. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980, xiii + 419 pp. Charts, tables, notes, references, and indexes. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $11.50.)". Journal of American History. 69 (3). doi:10.2307/1903188. JSTOR 1903188.
16. Reviews of Language and Ethnic Relations in Canada include:
    • Brazeau, Jacques (October 1972). "Stanley Lieberson, Language and ethnic relations in Canada. New York: John Wiley, 1970. Pp. 264". Language and Society. 1 (2): 296–297. doi:10.1017/S0047404500000634.
    • Brazeau, Jacques (September 1972). "LANGUAGE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN CANADA. By Stanley Lieberson. New York: Wiley, 1970. 264 pp. $10.95". Social Forces. 51 (1): 119–120. doi:10.1093/sf/51.1.119-a.
    • Jones, Frank E. (July 1973). "Book Reviews : Language and Ethnic Relations in Canada. By Stanley Lieberson, New York. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1970 xi + 264 pp. £5.95". Acta Sociologica. 16 (3): 243–245. doi:10.1177/000169937301600309.
    • Woolfson, Peter (1970). "Language and Ethnic Relations in Canada, by Stanley Lieberson. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1970. Pp. ix + 264". Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 16 (1): 51–54. doi:10.1017/S0008413100006678.
    • Garigue, Philippe (June 1972). "Language and Ethnic Relations in Canada by Stanley Lieberson. New york, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1970.—xii, 264 pp. $10.99". Political Science Quarterly. 87 (2): 321–322. doi:10.2307/2147859. JSTOR 2147859.
    • Pinard, Maurice (November 1971). "Language and Ethnic Relations in Canada. Stanley Lieberson". American Journal of Sociology. 77 (3): 623–625. doi:10.1086/225185. JSTOR 2776208.