American Journal of Sociology

Actually did see the light of day in Connections in 1982, but this was probably about 1967.

I wrote a paper called Alienation Reconsidered, and the subtitle was The Strength of Weak Ties, and I sent that to the American Journal of Sociology.

No, actually I sent it to the American Sociological Review.

Uh, and I got back a, a rejection with two scathing reviews from reviewers whose names I never tried to find out and I still don't know.

And so I wrote a paper called The Strength of Weak Ties.

I took that alienation, not just the title, but I made sure that the word alienation didn't appear anywhere in the paper, so I couldn't get that kind of review ever again.

And I sent that off to the American Journal of Sociology this time, because I, I decided the American Sociological Review was not necessarily my best outlet.

And I got back an R&R, and I think I later found out that the reviewer whose comments were so useful was James Davis, who found what I was doing very interesting, but had some very useful suggestions for me to revise.

To those who think the workers will have to be united in a political party, we say, dig in and do so, but do not try to use the economic organization to further the aims of the political party.

The Trend Towards Industrial Freedom by B.H. Williams Written for the American Journal of Sociology What kind of a world does the IWW want? Such in substance is the question asked of the writer by the editor of the American Journal of Sociology.

Nothing would please me more than to attempt to draw a picture of that world, but space is too limited.

I shall, therefore, indicate only some salient features of the IWW forecast and program, which seem to me wholly in accord with scientific principles and facts, and therefore not to be successfully controverted.

To those who think the workers will have to be united in a political party, we say dig in and do so, but do not try to use the economic organization to further the aims of the political party.

The Trend Towards Industrial Freedom by B.H. Williams Written for the American Journal of Sociology What kind of a world does the IWW want? Such in substance is the question asked of the writer by the editor of the American Journal of Sociology.

Nothing would please me more than to attempt to draw a picture of that world, but space is too limited.

I shall, therefore, indicate only some salient features of the IWW forecast and program, which seem to me wholly in accord with scientific principles and facts, and therefore not to be successfully controverted.

Tiana Peschel is associate professor in the Department of African-American Studies and Sociology by courtesy and faculty director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UC Berkeley.

Her research explores the intersection of racial ideology, politics, and globalization in the Americas and has been published in the American Journal of Sociology, the Du Bois Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Sociological Forum, Social Forces, and

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To those who think the workers will have to be united in a political party, we say, dig in and do so, but do not try to use the economic organization to further the aims of the political party.

The Trend Towards Industrial Freedom, by B.H. Williams, written for the American Journal of Sociology.

What kind of a world does the IWW want? Such in substance is the question asked of the writer by the editor of the American Journal of Sociology.

Nothing would please me more than to attempt

to draw a picture of that world, but space is too limited.