User:Roger A. Lohmann/Contributed Pages

Contributed Pages

The following is a recap of most of the pages I've started, or contributed to in different ways.

Approved Articles  Civil society: The space for social activity outside the market, state and household; the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. [e] Approvals As an Editor, I've signed off on: Agriculture, history: Add brief definition or description  Anti-Saloon League: The leading American Prohibitionist organization. [e]  Jane Addams: (1860-1935) A pioneer American settlement worker and founder of Hull House. [e]  Louis D. Brandeis: (1856-1941) A highly influential American lawyer and theorist of Antitrust during the Progressive Era. [e]  Charles A. Beard: (1874–1948) one of the most influential American historians of the early 20th century; leader of the "Progressive School" of historiography. [e]  Butler: Manages all affairs of a household and servicing of principals and guests, providing the service themselves and/or hiring and supervising outside contractors, vendors, housekeeping staff, chef, chauffeur, valet, or personal assistant or secretary. [e]  Andrew Carnegie: 1835-1919, Scottish-American steel maker, philanthropist and peace activist [e]  Caterpillar Club: An informal association whose members have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. [e]  Scarborough Castle: Ruined stone castle on the east coast of Yorkshire, England, begun in mid-twelfth century. [e]  Merle Curti: (1897–1997) American "Progressive" historian and a leader in social and intellectual history. [e] Democrat Party: Add brief definition or description  William Ewart Gladstone: (1809-1898) The great Liberal prime minister of Britain's 19th century golden age of parliamentary government. [e]  Great Society: A set of liberal domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States between 1963-1969. [e]  Richard Hofstadter: (1916–1970) Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian at Columbia University. [e]  Industrial Revolution: A period of major economic transformation in Britain from the 1750s to the 1830s, characterized by the growth of a new system comprising factories, railroads, coal mining and business enterprises using new technologies. [e]  The Social Capital Foundation: A Brussels-based NGO promoting social capital and social cohesion. [e]  Frederick Jackson Turner: (1861–1932) Influential early 20th century American historian. Formulated the Turner Thesis (Also known as the Frontier Theory) [e]  Folk saint: A deceased person or spirit that is venerated as a saint but who has not been officially canonized by the Church. [e]  Great Siege of Scarborough Castle: Major English Civil War conflict of 1645; after five months of defence, the Royalist garrison finally surrendered to Parliamentary forces. [e]  Social capital: Productive assets arising out of social relations, such as trust, cooperation, solidarity, social networks of relations and those beliefs, ideologies and institutions that contribute to production of goods. [e]  Edwin E. Witte: (1887-1960), an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who developed the Social Security Act of 1935 and is known as "the 'Father' of Social Security." [e]  Arthur J. Altmeyer: A key figure in the design and implementation of the U. S. Social Security system for the first 40 years of the program. [e] Imports (from Wikipedia)  Adam Ferguson: (1723-1816) philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, sometimes called the "father of sociology." [e]  David Hume: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. [e]  Adam Smith: Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723-1790), a major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics; author of Wealth of Nations (1776). [e]  Scottish Enlightenment: A period in 18th century Scotland characterized by a great outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. [e] Disambiguation Pages Neighborhood (disambiguation): Add brief definition or description Place (disambiguation): Add brief definition or description Planning (disambiguation): Add brief definition or description Power (disambiguation): Multiple uses and connotations of the term. [e] Association (disambiguation): Multiple uses and connotations of the term. [e] Foundation (disambiguation): Multiple uses and connotations of the term. [e] School (disambiguation): Multiple uses and connotations of the term. [e] Journal (disambiguation): Add brief definition or description

Nearly Finished? I've done what I can with these:  Anonymity: Condition of being unknown, without a name or lacking an identity. [e]  Commercial state: The concept, sometimes associated with Adam Ferguson's concept of civil society, refers to a political state devoted primarily to the promotion and advancement of commercial interests. Adam Smith referred to this as commercial society. [e]  Giving circles: Form of philanthropy by a group of members who pool their funds and information in collective or joint donations; often contributing to organizations or causes in their community. [e]  History of scientific organizations and institutions: Chronology of the development and history of scientific associations. [e]  Political system: Recursive structures for transforming existing values into political demands and supports which provoke authoritative decisions allocating values and lead to consequences which, in turn, provoke new patterns of demands and supports. [e] Brief Biographies  Arthur J. Altmeyer: A key figure in the design and implementation of the U. S. Social Security system for the first 40 years of the program. [e]  Hans Hermann Freiherr von Berlepsch: Prussian lawyer, politician and social reformer who became trade minister, and was a founder of the Internationale Vereinigung für gesetzlichen Arbeiterschutz (International Union for the Protection of Workers), predecessor of the International Labor Organization. [e]  Robert Bosse: (1832 - 1901) German politician active in social reform and social legislation during the last half of the 19th century. [e]  L. J. Hanifan: A West Virginia educational official and Superintendent of Rural Schools who is credited as the earliest (1916) user of the concept of social capital [e]  Walter Lippmann: Add brief definition or description  Theodor Lohmann: Add brief definition or description  Simon Patten: Add brief definition or description  Charles Schottland: Add brief definition or description  William Lyne Wilson: Add brief definition or description  Edwin E. Witte: (1887-1960), an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who developed the Social Security Act of 1935 and is known as "the 'Father' of Social Security." [e] Current Projects Civil Society: Add brief definition or description Subpages  Hull House: Add brief definition or description  Social Security in the USA: Add brief definition or description  Public: Add brief definition or description  Social world: Add brief definition or description  Coal mining: Add brief definition or description History Core Articles  Sophonisba Breckenridge: Add brief definition or description  Ellen Gates Starr: Add brief definition or description Sociology Core Article Stubs  Bureaucracy: Add brief definition or description  Socialization: Add brief definition or description  Social act: Add brief definition or description  Social group: Add brief definition or description  Social organization: Add brief definition or description

Starts & Stubs  Applied social sciences: Add brief definition or description  Citizen: Add brief definition or description  Civic culture: Add brief definition or description  Fundraising: Add brief definition or description  Gerontology (social sciences and humanities): Add brief definition or description  Household: Add brief definition or description  Hutong: Add brief definition or description  Jazz (software): Add brief definition or description  Membership organization: Add brief definition or description  Neighborhood (social science): Add brief definition or description  Nonprofit corporation: Add brief definition or description  Nonprofit board: Add brief definition or description  Nonprofit management: Add brief definition or description  Nonprofit Terminology: Add brief definition or description  Review (journal): Add brief definition or description Social Work: Add brief definition or description  Rural poverty: Add brief definition or description  Social enterprise: Add brief definition or description  Social group: Add brief definition or description  Underground Courier: Add brief definition or description  Writing: Add brief definition or description Editorial Efforts I've also made contributions to:  Fundraising: Add brief definition or description  Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Add brief definition or description  Journalism: Add brief definition or description  Nongovernmental organization: Add brief definition or description  Ulster Volunteer Force: Add brief definition or description  Gerontology: Add brief definition or description Sandbox A few other preliminary projects are also underway in my sandbox