- Bob Blauner
Bob Blauner (also known as Robert Blauner) (
May 18 ,1929 ,Chicago, Illinois ) is an American college professor, author and sociologist.Blauner's sociological writings and teachings on class, race and men are based on his years as a factory worker. His studies began with his B.A. from
University of Chicago 1948, M.A. 1950 and his Ph.D. 1962 from Berkeley.Married twice, he began teaching at
San Francisco State University , the University of Chicago and from 1963 on he taught at Berkeley.The well-known "Blauner Hypothesis" states that minority groups created by colonization, because it is forced on them, experience a greater degree of racism and discrimination than those created by voluntary immigration.
In his studies, Blauner contrasts the assimilation experiences of Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexican-Americans.
His work was funded by major groups such as the
National Institute of Mental Health , theRockefeller Foundation , and theSocial Science Research Council Publications
* "Alienation and Freedom: The Factory Worker and His Industry" (1964).
* "Racial Oppression in America" (1972).
* "Black Lives, White Lives: Three Decades of Race Relations in America" (1989).
* "Our Mothers' Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men", editor, 1997.ources
* "Robert Blauner." World of Sociology. Gale Group, 2001.
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