Subject files
The Problem of Human Agency
Motivation as a Cybernetic Process
Behavior as an Adaptive Process
Volition as a Cybernetic Process
Impulses and Personal Needs
The Social Control of Perception
Coping with Problematic Situations
Blockage and Problem-Solving
Consciousness as Inner Communication
Frustration and Compensatory Reactions
Emotion and Expressive Behaviour
Patterns of Self-Actualization
Social Status in Reference Groups
Personal Status in Primary Groups
The Struggle for Recognition and Power
Symbolic Reconstruction
Cultural Differences: Beliefs about Human Nature
Meanings as Conventional Norms
Human Beings as Objects
Classification and Evaluation of Human Beings
Behavioral Approach to Self-Concepts
The Meaning of Self-Concepts
The Evaluation of Self-Concepts
The Preservation of Self-Esteem
The Structure of Typical Sentiments
The Construction of Personifications
Development of Self-Control
The Formation of Self-Concepts
Uniqueness of Temperament and Experience
Socialization as Communication
The Acquisition of Meanings
The Establishment of Habits
The Formation of Compulsions
The Development of Self-Control
The Social Matrix of Personal Identity
Identification with Significant Others
The Formation of Sentiments
The Revisions of Self-Concepts
Hierarchies of Personal Values
Participation in Organized Groups
The Social Context of Career Lines
Variations in Personal Autonomy
Disorders Involving Personal Identity
Compulsive Behavior Patterns
Suggestibility
Differences in Self-Other Orientations
Enhancement of Self-Control
Individuality and Social Control
Future Development of Social Psychology
Collective Transactions
The Subject Matter of Sociology
Instrumental Component of Transactions
Expressive Component of Transactions
Sociology as an Emerging Discipline
Verstehen Soziologie and Collectivistic Approaches
Classification and Evaluation of Physical Objects
Symbols and Symbolic Representation
Human Knowledge as a Social Process
Communication and Culture
Consensus as Mutual Role-Taking
Conventional Aspect of Communication: Language
Conventional Aspect of Communication: Bodily Gestures
The Personal Aspect of Communication
Communication: The Media of Mass Communication
Cultural Diversity
Human Communities
Ecological Bases of Society
Cultural Diversity in Mass Society
The Development of Economic Systems
Population and Demography
Spatial Distribution of Population
The Process of Urbanization
Interaction Patterns
Mutual Accommodation in Routine Situations
Strategic Interaction in Rivalries
The Development of Mass Behavior
Normative Frameworks
The Reaffirmation of Group Norms
Socialization and Social Control
Social Stratification
Varieties of Stratification Systems
Preservation of Status Differentials
Sustained Associations
Occupational & Professional Groups
Primary Groups
Personal Loyalty and Group Solidarity
Regulatory Institutions
The Development of Deviant Careers
Community Reactions to Deviance
The Enforcement of Formal Norms
Human Society as a Moral Order
Legitimation and the Moral Order
Collective Behavior Course
Problematic Situations
Crisis and Collective Adjustments
Group Problem-Solving by Discussions
Formation of Public Policy
Disintegrative Process
The Emergence of Incongruities
Factionalism and Marginal Status
Demoralization as a Social Process
The Development of Collective Anxiety
Social Movements
The Culture of Primary Groups
Formal Organizations
The Focalization of Collective Discontent
Reform Movements
Institutionalization
Popular Acceptance of Innovations
Patterns of Social Mobility
Establishment of Norms and Roles
The Transformation of Perspectives
Power and Politics
Conflict as a Social Process
Tactics of Negotiation
Tactics of Informational Strategy
Persuasion: Special Techniques
Some Techniques of Coercion
Bipolarization
Bipolarization of the Political Arena
Formation of Contrast Conceptions
Hostile Outbursts within Communities
Intervention in Civil Disorders
Organized Warfare
Social Characteristics of War
Military Institutions
Mobilization for Group Combat
Revolutionary Uprisings
Insurrections and Revolutions
Sociology
The Scope of Social Psychology
The Psychoanalytic Approach to Behavior
Behaviorism and Learning Theory
Gestalt Psychology and Existentialism
Subversive Movements
Struggles within Provisional Governments
The Reestablishment of Authority
Modes of Conflict Resolution 1950-1970
Intellectuals: Social Control of Intellectual Life 1960-1970
Pragmatism as a Perspective 1980-1990
Process Paradigms
Charles Peirce
John Dewey
George H. Mead
Blumer on Mead
Chicago School of Sociology
Cybernetics and other Process Models
Methodological Issues
Theoretical Models and Empirical Research
Observation and Data Collection
Coding and Analytic Procedures
Calculus
UCSB Courses
Social Organization
Society and Personal Growth
Collective Behavior
Social Change
Social Movements
Sociology of Knowledge
Sociology of Conflict
Current Issues in Social Psychology
Personal Identity
Sociology of Deviant Behavior
Group Studies
Sociological Theory
Field Research in Sociology
Seminar in Collective Behavior
Pragmatism and American Sociology
Seminar on Social Control
Examinations
Course Outlines and Records
University of Chicago 1948-1951
University of California 1951-1954
University of California 1955-1958
U.C. Santa Barbara 1962-1966
U.C. Santa Barbara 1967-1972
U.C. Santa Barbara 1972-1976
U.C. Santa Barbara 1977-1982
U.C. Santa Barbara 1983-1988
U.C. Santa Barbara 1988-1991
Publication files
Personal Autonomy: Correspondence 1976-1978
Personal Autonomy: Front Matter and Acknowledgements 1977-1988
The Making of the Infantryman
Reference Groups as Perspectives
Reference Groups and Social Control
The Sentimental Basis of Group Solidarity
The Passing of a Problem Minority
On Sentiments and Social Control
A Cybernetic Approach to Motivation
Rumor (for IESS)
George Herbert Mead (for IESS)
On the Personification of Adversaries
Herbert Blumer's Contributions to Twentieth Century Sociology
Mass panic: Convergent Reactions to Overwhelming Danger
Human Agency from the Standpoint of Pragmatism 1980-1990
On the Empirical Investigation of Self-Concepts 1985-1995
Book Reviews 1947-1990
Society and Personality
Front Matter 1950-1970
Revisions in Manuscript 1950-1970
Correspondence and royalty statements 1950-1990
Social Engineering 1960-1990
Process Paradigms in Sociology: Front Matter & Acknowledgements 1980-1990
Sociology: Basic Principles
Social Processes: Correspondence
Social Processes: Correspondence (UC Press)
Generation of Tension in Problematic Situations
Environmental Change: Break in the Routine 1-10
Environmental Change: Disaster Situation 11-20
Sustained Tension:
Attention-Focusing Event, 21-40
Anticipated Event, 41-45
Internal Dissension & Strife, 46-60
Forms
Herbert Blumer on Collective Behavior
Correspondence
Front Matter
Reprints and Manuscripts
Miscellaneous
Ethnic Stratification
Correspondence 1956-1963
Correspondence and royalty statements 1964-1981
Memo to Kwan
Memo to Billigmeier
Front Matter
Revisions
Chapter 1
Chapter 1. The Problem of Ethnic Differences
Changing Significance of Ethnic Identity
Value Judgments and Scientific Inquiry
Comparative Study of Inter-Ethic Contacts
Chapter 2
Chapter 2. Ethnic Identity & Social Stratification
Classification & Social Stratification
Ethnic Identity and Social Control
Dimension of Ethnic Stratification
Chapter 3
Chapter 3. Symbols of Ethnic Differentiation
Cultural Differences and Physical Types
Physical Traits as Status Symbols
Auxiliary Symbols of Ethnic Identity
Chapter 4
Chapter 4. Popular Conceptions of Ethnic Identity
Ethnic Categories as Popular Concepts
Recurrent Evaluations of Ethnic Groups
The Personal Equation in Ethnocentrism
Chapter 5
Chapter 5. Recurrent Patterns of Transformation
The Theory of the "Race Relations Cycle"
Other Common Patterns of Development
Regularities in Inter-Ethnic Contacts
Chapter 6. Patterns of Migration and Settlement
Personal and professional
Professional Matters
Correspondence and professional materials
Goleta Sun [newspaper issue] 1989-06-21
Taku Shibutani materials early 1900s-1980s
Japanese women's school yearbook circa early 1900s
Family photograph album circa 1920s
Flower show scrapbook 1930-1939
Family photograph album circa 1960s
Family photograph album 1970s-1980
Family photograph album circa 1980
Box of various materials 1927-1960