W. Lloyd Warner

William Lloyd Warner ( born October 26, 1898 in Redlands, California, † May 23, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American anthropologist and social psychologist. He was a pioneer in having applied the techniques of his trade on contemporary American culture.

He studied in California at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1935 professor of anthropology, sociology and human development ( Human Development ) at the University of Chicago called. From 1959 until his death he was Professor of Social Research at the University of Michigan.

Famous are his studies on the social organization of Australian Aborigines and his pioneering work in the field of urban anthropology, his main works include A Black Civilization: A Social Study of an Australian Tribe ( 1937 ) and Social Class in America ( 1960).

The American Place Newburyport (Massachusetts ) was the subject of his most ambitious studies of "Yankee City " project, emerged from the five works: The Social Life of a Modern Community (1941 ), The Status System of a Modern Community (1942 ), The Social Systems of American Ethnic Groups ( 1945), The Social system of a Modern Factory ( 1947) and The Living and the Dead: A Study in the Symbolic Life of Americans ( 1959).

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