Oct 21, 2025 · The school received its charter in 1934. That same year it established a graduate faculty in political and social science that was staffed mainly by refugee academics from Nazi …

Jul 20, 1998 · What is a social science? A social science is any branch of academic study or science that deals with human behaviour in its social and cultural aspects. Usually included …

Oct 20, 2025 · Social initiatives first attempted in New York became precursors of New Deal programs in the 1930s, while the city’s American Labor and Liberal parties constantly …

In these and later works, Lasswell moved toward a moralistic posture, calling for the social and biological sciences to reorient themselves toward a science of social policy that would serve …

Ward McAllister (born December 1827, Savannah, Ga., U.S.—died Jan. 31, 1895, New York City) was a U.S. lawyer and social leader who originated the phrase “the Four Hundred” to …

Sometimes the liberal-arts curriculum is described as comprehending study of three main branches of knowledge: the humanities (literature, language, philosophy, the fine arts, and …

The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973) and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976) attempt to define the relationship between science, technology, and capitalism. His …

The notion of the invisible hand has been employed in economics and other social sciences to explain the division of labour, the emergence of a medium of exchange, the growth of wealth, …

Sep 13, 2025 · Etymologically, anthropology is the science of humans. In fact, however, it is only one of the sciences of humans, bringing together those disciplines the common aims of which …

Nov 5, 2025 · The political novels of the Gilded Age represent the beginnings of a new strain in American literature, the novel as a vehicle of social protest, a trend that grew in the late 19th …