User:Roger A. Lohmann/Contributed Pages

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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 [r]: The space for social activity outside the market, state and household; the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. [e]
  • Theodor Lohmann [r]: A 19th century (1831-1905) German administrative lawyer, civil servant and social reformer, second in importance only to Otto von Bismarck in the formation of the German social insurance system. [e]

Approvals

As an Editor, I've signed off on:

  • Agriculture, history: Add brief definition or description
  • Approved Article Anti-Saloon League: The leading American Prohibitionist organization. [e]
  • Approved Article Jane Addams: (1860-1935) A pioneer American settlement worker and founder of Hull House. [e]
  • Approved Article Louis D. Brandeis: (1856-1941) A highly influential American lawyer and theorist of Antitrust during the Progressive Era. [e]
  • Approved Article 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]
  • Approved Article 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]
  • Approved Article Andrew Carnegie: 1835-1919, Scottish-American steel maker, philanthropist and peace activist [e]
  • Approved Article Caterpillar Club: An informal association whose members have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. [e]
  • Approved Article Scarborough Castle: Ruined stone castle on the east coast of Yorkshire, England, begun in mid-twelfth century. [e]
  • Approved Article Merle Curti: (1897–1997) American "Progressive" historian and a leader in social and intellectual history. [e]
  • Democrat Party: Add brief definition or description
  • Approved Article William Ewart Gladstone: (1809-1898) The great Liberal prime minister of Britain's 19th century golden age of parliamentary government. [e]
  • Approved Article Great Society: A set of liberal domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States between 1963-1969. [e]
  • Approved Article Richard Hofstadter: (1916–1970) Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian at Columbia University. [e]
  • Approved Article 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]
  • Approved Article The Social Capital Foundation: A Brussels-based NGO promoting social capital and social cohesion. [e]
  • Approved Article Frederick Jackson Turner: (1861–1932) Influential early 20th century American historian. Formulated the Turner Thesis (Also known as the Frontier Theory) [e]
  • Approved Article Folk saint: A deceased person or spirit that is venerated as a saint but who has not been officially canonized by the Church. [e]
  • Approved Article 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]
  • Approved Article 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]

Imports (from Wikipedia)

  • Developing Article Adam Ferguson: (1723-1816) philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, sometimes called the "father of sociology." [e]
  • Developing Article David Hume: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. [e]
  • Stub 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]
  • Developing Article Scottish Enlightenment: A period in 18th century Scotland characterized by a great outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. [e]

Disambiguation Pages

Nearly Finished?

I've done what I can with these:

Current Projects

Subpages

Sociology Core Article Stubs

Starts & Stubs

Editorial Efforts

I've also made contributions to:

Sandbox

A few preliminary projects are also underway in my sandbox