Author:Lester Frank Ward

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Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913)

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Lester Frank Ward

Works

Books

• Applied Sociology (1906)
• Contemporary Sociology (1902)
• Dynamic Sociology (1883)
• Glimpses of the Cosmos. A Mental Autobiography. (1913-18) [1]
• Guide to the Flora of Washington, D.C. and Vicinity (1881)
• Neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism (1891)
• Outlines of Sociology (1898) Reprinting of Contributions to Social Philosophy
• The Psychic Factors of Civilization (1893)
• Pure Sociology (1903)
• Sketch of Paleobotany (1885)
• Synopsis of the Flora of the Laramie Group (1886)
• A Text-Book of Sociology (1905)

Articles

• Contributions to Social Philosophy (1895-97)

1. “The Place of Sociology among the Sciences” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1895)
2. “Sociology and Cosmology” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1895)
3. “Sociology and Biology” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1895)
4. “Sociology and Anthropology” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1896)
5. “Sociology and Psychology” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1896)
6. “The Data of Sociology” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 6 (1896)
7. “The Social Forces” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1896)
8. “The Mechanics of Society” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1896)
9. “The Purpose of Sociology” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1896)
10. “Social Genesis” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1897)
11. “Individual Telesis” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 5 (1897)
12. “Collective Telesis” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 6 (1897)

• "Why is Water Considered Ghost-Proof?" in Science (1885)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• 1. “The Local Distribution of Plants and the Theory of Adaptation,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 9, October 1876
• 2. “Cosmic and Organic Evolution,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 11, October 1877
• 3. “Evolution of the Chemical Elements,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 18, February 1881
• 4. “The Upper Missouri River System,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 25, September 1884
• 5. “Weismann's Concessions,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 45, June 1894

Works about Lester Frank Ward

• “Ward, Lester Frank” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Lester Frank Ward” in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 19, No.   (1913)
• Cape, Emily Palmer. Lester F. Ward: A Personal Sketch (1922) [2]
• Wood, Clement. The Substance of the Sociology of Lester F. Ward (New York, 1930) [3]

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1913, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 99 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.