A Thomas Bibliography and related documents

This list was adapted from the one prepared used Morris Janowitz for W. I. Thomas on Social Organization and Social Personality (1966) originally prepared by Paul A. Hare. That version did not included Thomas's book reviews or his work with William White and Harry S. Sullivan. We have added them as a useful way of tracing the development of his thinking. The list has continued to grow, including additions of previously unnoted review essays in December 2005. It also includes a previously unnoted article for American Magazine that shared the same title as the 1906 article in the American Journal of Sociology: "The Adventitious Character of Woman." We haven't been able to retrieve all of these documents and prepare them for the web. Existing links will highlight when your mouse passes over the reference. 

  1. "Review of Aspects of the Social Problem edited by Bernard Bosenquet." American Journal of Sociology 1 (1895): 230
  2. "The Scope and Method of Folk-Psychology," American Journal of Sociology, 1 (1896): 434-45. 
  3. "Review of Primitive Civilizations by E.J. Simcox." American Journal of Sociology 1 (1896): 504-508.
  4. "Review of The Child and Childhood in Folk-thought by Alexander Chamberlain." American Journal of Sociology 2 (1896): 316-317.
  5. "Review of Woman Under Monasticism by Lina Eckenstein" American Journal of Sociology 2 (1896): 317.
  6. "On a Difference in the Metabolism of the Sexes," American Journal of Sociology, 3 (1897): 31-63, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago; reprinted by the University of Chicago Press, 1897.
  7. "Review of Endokannibalismus by Rudolph Steinmetz." American Journal of Sociology 2 (1897): 610-611.
  8. "Review of Women and the Republic by Helen Johnson." American Journal of Sociology 3 (1897): 406-407.
  9. "Review of L'Evolution Regressive en Biologie et en Sociologie by Jean Demoor, Jean Massart, Emile Vandervelde." American Journal of Sociology 3 (1897): 408-409.
  10. "The Relation of Sex to Primitive Social Control," American Journal of Sociology 3, (1898): 754-776.
  11. "Sex in Primitive Industry," American Journal of Sociology 4, (1899): 474-488.
  12. "Review of Instinct and Reason by Henry Marshall." American Journal of Sociology 4 (1899): 685-687.
  13. "Review of A Study of Mary Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Women." American Journal of Sociology 5 (1899): 694-695.
  14. "Sex in Primitive Morality," American Journal of Sociology 4, (1899): 774-787.
  15. "The Psychology of Modesty and Clothing," American Journal of Sociology 5, (1899): 246-262.
  16. "Review of Murder in All Ages by Mathew Pinkerton." American Journal of Sociology 6 (1900): 127-128.
  17. "Review of The Oneida Community by Allan Estlake." American Journal of Sociology 6 (1900): 128.
  18. "Review of The Origins of Art by Yrjo Hirn." American Journal of Sociology 6 (1901): 709-710.
  19. "Review of The Races of Man by J. Deniker." American Journal of Sociology 6 (1901): 711.
  20. "The Gaming Instinct," American Journal of Sociology 6, (1901): 750-763.
  21. "Der Ursprung der Exogamie," Zeitschrift fur Socialwissenschaft, 5 (1902): 1-18. [A translation of this article was published as Chapter 6 of Sex and Society (1907)]
  22. "Review of The Basis of Social Relations by Daniel Brinton." American Journal of Sociology 7 (1902): 703-704.
  23. "Review of The Evolution of Sex by Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thompson." American Journal of Sociology  7 (1902): 710.
  24. "The Relation of the Medicine Man to the Origin of the Professional Occupations," Decennial Publications of the University of Chicago, First Series, 4 (1903): 241-256.
  25. Minnesota Stories: A Collection of Twenty Stories of College Life. Minneapolis: H. W. Wilson (1903). ["Collected and Arranged by Charles F. McClumpha and W. I. Thomas." This is a collection of fiction]
  26. "The Sexual Element in Sensibility," Psychological Review, 11 (1904): 61-67. 
  27. "The Psychology of Race-Prejudice," American Journal of Sociology, 9 (1904): 593-611.
  28. "Der Man gel an Generalisation svermogen bei den Negern," Zeitschrift fur Socialwissenschaft, 7 (1904): 215-221.
  29. "Is the Human Brain Stationary?" Forum, 36 (1904): 305-320. 
  30. "Review of A History of Matrimonial Institutions by George Elliot Howard."  American Journal of Sociology 10 (1904): 129-131.
  31. "The Province of Social Psychology," American Journal of Sociology, 10 (1905): 445-455.
  32. "Review of The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Spencer and Gillen and The Native Tribes of Southeast Australia by A.W. Howitt." American Journal of Sociology 10 (1905): 700-701.
  33. "Review of Primitive Traits in Religious Revivals by Frank Davenport." American Journal of Sociology 11 (1905): 272.
  34. "Review of The Place of Industries in Elementary Education by Katherine Dopp." American Journal of Sociology 11 (1905): 272
  35. "Review of The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Jenks and  The Negritos of Zambales by William Reed." American Journal of Sociology 11 (1905): 273.
  36. "Review of Sex and Character by Otto Weininger." American Journal of Sociology 11 (1906): 843-846.
  37. "The Adventitious Character of Woman," American Journal of Sociology, 12 (1906): 32-44.
  38. "Review of The Origin and Development of Moral Ideas by Edward Westermark." American Journal of Sociology 12 (1906): 127.
  39. "Review of The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans edited by Hamilton Holt." American Journal of Sociology 12 (1906): 273-274.
  40. "Review of Life and Death: A Study in Biology by E. Teichmann." American Journal of Sociology 12 (1906): 423.
  41. "The Mind of Woman and the Lower Races," American Journal of Sociology, 12 (1907): 435-469. 
  42. "The Significance of the Orient for the Occident," Publications of the American Sociological Society: Papers and Proceedings, Second Annual Meeting, II (1907): 111-124 (discussion, pp. 124-137, 136-137 by W. I. Thomas). Also in American Journal of Sociology, 13 .(1908): 729-742, 754-755.
  43. Sex and Society: Studies in the Social Psychology of Sex. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1907. 
  44. "The Psychology of the Yellow Journal," American Magazine, 65 (March 1908): 491-496.
  45. "The Adventitious Character of Woman," American Magazine 66 (October 1908): 523-530.
  46. "The Psychology of Woman's Dress," American Magazine, 67 (November 1908): 66-72.
  47. "The Mind of Woman," American Magazine, 67 (December 1908): 146-152.
  48. "The Older and Newer Ideals of Marriage," American Magazine, 67 (April1909): 548-552.
  49. "Review of The World's Peoples by A.H. Keane." American Journal of Sociology 14 (1908): 123-124.
  50. "Review of Litterature et Criminalité  by Scipio Sighele." American Journal of Sociology 14 (1908): 127.
  51. "Review of Heredity and Selection in Sociology by George Chatterton-Hill." American Journal of Sociology 14 (1908): 413
  52. "Eugenics: The Science of Breeding Men," American Magazine, 68 (June 1909): 190-197. 
  53. "Votes for Women," American Magazine, 68 (July 1909): 292-301.
  54. "Woman and the Occupations," American Magazine, 68 (September 1909): 463-470.
  55. "Standpoint for the Interpretation of Savage Society," American Journal of Sociology, 15 (1909): 145-163.
  56. "Review of The Speaking Voice by Katherine Everts." American Journal of Sociology 14 (1909): 549.
  57. Source Book for Social Origins: Ethnological Materials, Psychological Standpoint, Classified and Annotated Bibliographies for the Interpretation of Savage Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1909.
  58. "Race Psychology: Standpoint and Questionnaire, with Particular Reference to the Immigrant and the Negro," American Journal of Sociology, 17 (1912): 725-75.
  59. "A description of "Social Origins." Pp 634 in Charles H. Cooley; James Q. Dealey; Charles A. Ellwood; H. P. Fairchild; Franklin H. Giddings; Edward C. Hayes; Edward A. Ross; Albion W. Small; Ulysses G. Weatherly; Jerome Dowd, "Report of the Committee of Ten." American Journal of Sociology, 17 (1912): 620-636
  60. "Education and Racial Traits," Southern Workman, 41 (1912): 378-86.
  61. "The Prussian-Polish Situation: An Experiment in Assimilation," Publications of the American Sociological Society: Papers and Proceedings, Eighth Annual Meeting, VIII (1913): 84-99. Also in American Journal of Sociology, 19 (1914): 624-39.
  62. The Origin of Society and of the State. Studies in Social Science,  (No. 1). Chicago: Zalaz Corporation, 1915.
  63. "Review of Affirmations by Havelock Ellis." American Journal of Sociology 21 (1916): 552-553.
  64. "Five Polish Peasant Letters." Immigrants in America Review 2 (1916): 58-64.
  65. "The Persistence of Primary-group Norms in Present-day Society and Their Influence in Our Educational System," in Suggestions of Modern Science Concerning Education, by Herbert S. Jennings John G. Watson, Adolf Meyer, and W. I. Thomas, pp. 159-97. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917.

  66. "The Professor's Views." Chicago Tribune 22 April 1918: 15-16.[Thomas's statement after his dismissal from the University of Chicago]

  67. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America. With Florian Znaniecki. 5 vols. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1918-20 (Vol. I and II originally published by the University of Chicago Press, 1918). Second edition, 2 vols. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Reprinted, 2 vols. New York: Dover Publications, 1958
    1. Methodological Note
    2. The Concept of Social Disorganization
    3. The Concept of Social Reorganization
    4. Introduction to Life Record of an Immigrant
  68. "Memorandum on the Study of the Race."  Reel 14, Frames 1742-1744 in Mary Lynn McCree Bryan (ed). The Jane Addams Papers, 1960-1960. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International (1984): Reel 14, Frames 1742-1744. [in connection with Robert E. Park.]
  69. Old World Traits Transplanted. With Robert E. Park and Herbert A. Miller. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. (A volume in the Americanization Studies, Allen T. Burns, director).
  70. The Unadjusted Girl: With Cases and Standpoint for Behavior Analysis. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923. Criminal Science Monograph No. 4. (Supplement to the Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.)
  71. "Review of Primitive Mentality by Lucien Levy-Bruhl." New Republic 36 3 October 1923: 159-160.
  72. "The Delinquent Woman [Review of An Experimental Study of Psychopathic Delinquent Women by Edith R. Spaulding]." New Republic 38 2 April 1924: 160.
  73. "Review of Three Problem Children: Narrative from Case Records of a Child Guidance Clinic by the Joint Committee on Methods of Preventing Delinquence." New Republic 12 November 1924, pp. 25-26.
  74. "Mechanistic Psychology [Review of Physiological Foundations of Behavior by Charles M. Child, and Neurological Foundations of Animal Behavior by C. Judson Herrick]." New Republic 44 30 September 1925, pp. 7 - 9.
  75. "The Problem of Personality in the Urban Environment," Publications of the American Sociological Society: Papers and Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting. 20 (1925), 30-39.
  76. "Participation and Social Assimilation." (with Robert E. Park). In Kimball Young (ed) Source Book For Social Psychology. New York: A. A. Knopf (1927): 47-53.
  77. "Note From the President of the American Sociological Society." American Journal of Sociology 32 (1927): 814.
  78. "The Behavior Pattern and the Situation," Publications of the American Sociological Society: Papers and Proceedings, Twenty-second Annual Meeting. XXII (1927), 1-13. Reprinted in Personality and the Social Group, edited by Ernest W. Burgess, pp. 1-15. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929.
  79. "The Configurations of Personality," in The Unconscious: A Symposium pp. 143-77. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.
  80. The Child in America: Behavior Problems and Programs. With Dorothy Swaine Thomas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.
    1. Chapter 13: The Methodology of Behavior Study (pp 553-576). NOTE: This is the source of the Thomas Theorem
  81. "Proposals for the Joint Application of Technique as Between Psychiatry and the Social Sciences." In American Psychiatric Association, Proceedings: First Colloquium on Personality Investigation, . Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press (1929): 4 - 11
  82. "The Relation of Research to the Social Process," in Essays on Research in the Social Sciences: Papers Presented in a General Seminar Conducted by the Committee on Training of The Brookings Institution, 1930-31, pp. 175-94. Washington: Brookings Institution,
  83. "The Comparative Study of Cultures," American Journal of Sociology, 42 (1936): 177-85.
  84. Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1937.
  85. "Comment by W. I. Thomas."   Critiques of Research in the Social Sciences: An Appraisal of Thomas and Znaniecki's "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America [Bulletin 44]. New York: Social Science Research Council (1939): 82-87.
  86. "Origin and Development of The Polish Peasant" Excerpt from "Proceedings of the Conference on Blumer's Analysis," Part Two of Critiques of Research in the Social Sciences: An Appraisal of Thomas and Znaniecki's "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America [Bulletin 44]. New York: Social Science Research Council (1939): 103-106.
  87.  "Life History."  Communication to L. L. Bernard. Located in the Luther L. Bernard Papers, Box 2, Pennsylvania Historical Collections, Pennsylvania State University (circa 1927). Published as American Journal of Sociology 79 (1974): 246-250.

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