Alfred McClung Lee (August 23, 1906 – May 19, 1992) was an American sociologist whose research included studies of American journalism, propaganda, and race relations.Daniels, Lee A
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Biography

Lee was born in

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in 1906.Alfred McClung Lee
, American Sociological Association, Retrieved May 27, 2011 He obtained an undergraduate (1927) and master's degree (1931) at the

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and a Ph.D. from

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(1933). Lee's first book was ''The Daily Newspaper in America, The Evolution of a Social Instrument'' in 1937, which examined the development and influence of American newspapers. As part of his work with the

Institute for Propaganda Analysis The Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA) was a U.S.-based organization operating from 1937 to 1942, composed of social scientists, opinion leaders, historians, educators, and journalists. Created by Kirtley Mather, Edward A. Filene, and Clyde ...

, he wrote, with his wife Elizabeth Briant Lee, ''The Fine Art of Propaganda'' (1939) which examined the speeches of

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.(21 January 1940)
Books of the Hour
''The Miami News'' Among his academic appointments, Lee served as chair of the Sociology and Anthropology departments at

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from 1942 to 1947, and as chair of the Sociology and Anthropology department at

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from 1951 to 1957. In 1976, he co-founded the

Association for Humanist Sociology Alfred McClung Lee (August 23, 1906 – May 19, 1992) was an American sociologist whose research included studies of American journalism, propaganda, and race relations.Daniels, Lee AAlfred McClung Lee Dies at 85; Professor Was Noted Sociologist ' ...

with his wife, Elizabeth Briant Lee. He also served as president of the

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(1976–1977), said to have been installed by a mobilisation of left-wing sociologists. In 1973 he was one of the signers of the

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. Lee died of congestive heart failure at his home in

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, on May 19, 1992.

Publications

* 1937
The Daily Newspaper in America: the evolution of a social instrument
via

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* 1939: (with Elizabeth Briant Lee
The Fine Art of Propaganda
* 1943: (with Norman D. Humphrey) ''Race Riot, Detroit 1943,'' * 1946: (as editor
New Outline of the Principles of Sociology
via Internet Archive * 1952: ''How to Understand Propaganda.'' * 1954
Fraternities without Brotherhood
* 1966: ''Multivalent Man.'' * 1973: ''Toward Humanist Sociology'' * 1983: ''Terrorism in Northern Ireland'' * 1976: ''Sociology for Whom?'' * 1988: ''Sociology for People: toward a caring profession''

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*
The Lives, Times, and Contributions of Al and Betty Lee
' * Galliher & Galliher excerpt
Alfred McClung and Elizabeth Briant Lee
from Harvard Square Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Alfred McClung 1906 births 1992 deaths People from Oakmont, Pennsylvania American sociologists Presidents of the American Sociological Association Brooklyn College faculty

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