Background
Theodore Abel was born on November 24, 1896, in Lodz, Poland, the son of Theodore and Jadwiga (Lorenz) Abel.
Theodore Abel
Theodore Abel received Ph.D. degree in 1929 from Columbia University.
Theodore Abel was assistant professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana from 1925 to 1929.
Theodore Abel received Ph.D. degree in 1929 from Columbia University.
Theodore Abel was professor of sociology at Hunter College of the City University of New York from 1951 to 1967.
(In 1934 Theodore Abel went to Germany and offered a prize...)
In 1934 Theodore Abel went to Germany and offered a prize, under the auspices of Columbia University, for autobiographies of members of the National Socialist movement. The six hundred essays he received constitute the single best source on grassroots opinion within the Nazi Party, and they form the empirical foundation for Abel's fascinating yet curiously neglected 1938 book.
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1938
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It is a critical analysis of some attempts to establish sociology as an independent science.
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1966
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This book identifies the main factors by which the Nazi movement rose to power and measures their relative importance. It discusses Hitler's leadership, the strategy of party tacticians, and the favorable circumstances of popular economic and social discontent.
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1967
Theodore Abel was born on November 24, 1896, in Lodz, Poland, the son of Theodore and Jadwiga (Lorenz) Abel.
Abel received his Master of Arts degree in 1925 and his Ph.D. degree in 1929 from Columbia University.
Theodore began his career as an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1925, moving to Columbia University in New York as an associate professor of sociology from 1929 to 1950. He became a full professor of sociology at Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1950, retiring in 1967. His first book was "Protestant Home Missions to Catholic Immigrants", published by the Institute of Social and Religious Research in 1933, and his last book, a collection of essays "Reflections of an Unorthodox Christian" (1986).
In 1934 Abel traveled to Germany representing Columbia University and offering a prize for autobiographies of members of the National Socialist movement. He received hundreds of essays which formed the empirical foundation for Abel's fascinating yet curiously neglected book “Why Hitler Came into Power”. Although a number of scholars have drawn on these reports, Abel's own treatment has never been surpassed. Of particular value is his presentation of the life histories of various Germans: a worker; a soldier; an anti-Semite; a middle-class youth; a farmer; and a bank clerk; all of whom explain in their own words why they joined the NSDAP. He died in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(In 1934 Theodore Abel went to Germany and offered a prize...)
1938(This book identifies the main factors by which the Nazi m...)
1967(Reflections of an unorthodox Christian was the last book ...)
1986(It is a critical analysis of some attempts to establish s...)
1966(This book was published by the Institute of Social and Re...)
1933Abel was a member of the Eastern Sociological Society.
Abel was fluent in German, Russian, and French.
On November 9, 1923, Theodore Abel married Theodora Mead. They had three children: Peter, Caroline, Zita.
