0564166 - FLÚ 2025 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Balon, Jan - Holmwood, John
Race, nation and empire, the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller.
Journal of Classical Sociology. Roč. 24, č. 2 (2024), s. 130-151. ISSN 1468-795X. E-ISSN 1741-2897
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-28212S
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : domination * immigration * Du Bois
OECD category: Sociology
Impact factor: 1, year: 2023
Method of publishing: Limited access
Result website:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X221126330DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X221126330

Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875–1951) is a neglected figure within North American sociology, yet he made a distinctive contribution to the sociology and politics of race relations. He was one of the first sociological critics of eugenics and developed a distinctive approach to race relations and the position of subject minorities derived from a critical analysis of European empires. His approach was complementary to that of Du Bois with whom he had a close relationship. In this article, we trace Miller’s critique of eugenics and the idea of ‘Americanisation’ as a policy of immigrant assimilation, showing the distinctiveness of his approach within North American sociology, including the milieu of Chicago sociology with which he was associated. We also examine the connection between his sociology of race and Park’s position on race relations as being a process of gradual assimilation. We conclude with discussion of the Chicago school influence over Gunnar Myrdal’s The American Dilemma and the alternative approach to race relations that both Du Bois and Miller had already outlined in the 1920s.

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