david nock

professor emeritus
david.nock@lakeheadu.ca or nockd@tbaytel.net
academic qualifications: 

b.a. (sociology and history), carleton university, 1970
m.a. (canadian studies), carleton university, 1973
ph.d. (sociology), university of alberta, 1976

previous teaching/work: 

publications  (refereed)

books

2006 with good intentions:euro-canadian & aboriginal relations in colonial canada. vancouver:  ubcpress. co-edited with celia haig-brown, pp. 358. 

1993 star wars in canadian sociology: exploring the social construction of knowledge.  halifax: fernwood publishing.

1988 a victorian missionary and canadian indian policy:  cultural synthesis vs. cultural replacement.  waterloo, on:  wilfrid laurier university press.

1978  reading, writing and riches: education and the socio-economic order in north america.  kitchener: between the lines press.  co-editor r.w. nelsen.

chapters in books

2013      "chicago's proclivity to qualitative sociology:  myth or reality?" in the chicago school diaspora:  epistemology and substance.  montreal and kingston, mcgill-queen's press.  editors: jacqueline low and gary bowden.  pp. 61-78.

2010     “religion’s changing face in a multicultural canada” in canadian society: global perspectives. whitby, on: de sitter publications. editors: timothy p. mccauley and janice hill. pp. 77-86.

2007   "stephen leacock: the not-so-funny story of his evolutionary ethnology and canada's first peoples" in histories of anthropology annual, volume 3. edited by regna darnell and frederic w. gleach. lincoln and london: university of nebraska press, pp. 51-69.

2006 "the erasure of horatio hale's contributions to boasian anthropology" in historicizing canadian anthropology. vancouver :ubc press. editors: julia harrison and regna darnell, pp. 44-51.

2006 "introduction"  in with good intentions (see above), co-authored with celia haig-brown, pp. 1-31.

2006 "horatio hale: forgotten author of positive aboriginal representation" in with good intentions (see above), pp. 32-50.

2006 "aboriginals and their influence on e.f. wilson's paradigm revolution" in with good intentions (see above), pp.158-178.

2006 "the professionalization of north american anthropology: the contrasting role models of franz boas and horatio hale" in the professionalization of work. oshawa : de sitter publications. editors: merle jacobs and stephen bosanac, pp. 165-191.

2001 "the anglican church of canada among the social scientists." pp. 41-55 in canadian anglicanism at the dawn of a new century, edited by m. darrol bryant.  lewiston-queenston: the edwin mellen press.

1999 "crushing the power of finance: the socialist prairie roots of s.d. clark." pp. 89-113 in images of change, edited by dennis william magill and william michelson.  toronto: canadian scholars' press.

1998 entry on "e.f. wilson" (1844-1915). pp. 1070-1072 in dictionary of canadian biography vol. xiv, 1911-1920.  toronto: university of toronto press.

1997 "hinterland versus metropolis as evidenced in ontario universities." pp. 51-75 in inside canadian universities: another day at the plant, edited by r.w. nelsen.  kingston: cedarcreek publications.

1995 "canadian politician-businessmen and their involvement with foreign multinational enterprise."  pp. 201-24 in critical sociology: essays in honor of arthur k. davis.  delhi: b.r. publishing.

1993 "阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 as a hinterland institution."  pp. 75-87 in provincial hinterland: social inequality in northwestern ontario.  halifax: fernwood publishing.

1993 "the organization of religious life in canada." pp. 41-63 in the sociology of religion: a canadian focus, edited by w.e. hewitt.  toronto: butterworths.

1993 "schooling and inequality."  pp. 328-51 in sociology: critical perspectives, edited by p.s. li and b.s. bolaria.  toronto: copp clark  (co-author r.w. nelsen).

1992 "biographical truth." pp. 33-36 in boswell's children: the art of the biographer, edited by r.b. fleming.  toronto: dundurn press.

1992 "star wars: the social construction of reputation in anglo-canadian sociology."  pp. 183-204 in fragile truths: 25 years of sociology and anthropology in canada, edited by w. carroll et al.  ottawa: carleton university press.

1986   chapter on "religion" in k. ishwaran, ed.  sociology:  an introduction.  don mills:  addison-wesley publishers, pp. 285-309.

1986  "george orwell:  sociologist manque" in j. m. richardson, ed.  orwell times eight:  the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 symposium on george orwell.  winnipeg:  frye publications, pp. 111-126.

1983  "patriotism and patriarchs:  anglican archbishops and indigenization" in j. douglas rabb, ed. religion and reason.  winnipeg:  frye publishers, pp. 66-81.

1983  "education and the correspondence principle" in j. paul grayson, ed. introduction to sociology:  an alternative approach.  toronto:  gage, pp. 345-371.

1978  "the social effects of missionary education:  a victorian case study," in reading, writing and riches (see above), pp. 233-250.

journal articles

2006  "pop spirituality."   the semiotic review of books, 16:1-2, pp.5-10.         

2004 "the myth about 'myths of the chicago school': evidence from floyd nelson house." the american sociologist, spring, 35:1, 63-79.

2002  "prophetic versus priestly sociology:  the salient case study of arthur k. davis."  the american sociologist 33(2): 57-85.

2002  "the sociological legacy of arthur k. davis." society-societe 26(1): 22-28.

2001 "careers in print: canadian sociological books and their wider impact, 1975-1992." the canadian journal of sociology 26 (3): 469-485

1995 "lessons from davis: the sociology of arthur kent davis." the canadian journal of sociology 20 (3): 387-407

1992 "star wars: aspects of the social construction of citations in anglo-canadian sociology." the canadian review of sociology and anthropology 29 (3): 346-61

1989  “differential ecological receptivity of conversionist and revolutionist sectssociological analysis. vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 229-246.

1986  "john porter:  the unknown functionalist," society-societe, vol, 12, no. 3, october, 12-22.

1987  "cult, sect and church:  a re-examination of stark and bainbridge," the canadian review of sociology and anthropology, vol. 24, no. 4, november, pp. 514-525.

 1986  "'crushing the power of finance':  the socialist prairie roots of s.d. clark" in the british journal of canadian studies, vol. 1, no. 1, june, pp.  86-108. 

 1985  "christian missions in the secular society," coptologia, vol. 6, pp. 107-111.            

1983  "s.d. clark in the context of canadian sociology," the canadian journal of sociology, vol. 8, no. 1, winter, pp. 79-97.

1982  "patriotism and patriarchs:  anglican archbishops and canadianization," canadian ethnic studies, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 79-84.

1982  "a chapter in the amateur period of canadian anthropology:  a missionary case study," the canadian journal of native studies, vol. 2, no2, pp. 249-267.

1982  "science, ideology and reading, writing, and riches," the journal of educational thought, vol. 16, no. 2, august, pp. 73-88.  (with r.w. nelsen)

1981  "the historical process and the reformulation of religious typologies:  the case of the anglican communion," the sociological review, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 521-541.

1981  "the anglican episcopate and changing conceptions of canadian identity," canadian review of studies in nationalism, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 85-99.

1980   "the failure of the cms native church policy in southwestern ontario and algoma," studies in religion/sciences religieuses, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 269-285.

1979  "anglican bishops and indigenity:  john porter revisited," studies in religion/sciences religeuses, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 47-55.

1978  "continental corporate power:  domination and dependency," journal of canadian studies, vol. 13, no. 3, fall, pp. 94-100.

1976  "the canadian indian research and aid society:  a victorian voluntary association,” the western canadian journal of anthropology, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 31-48.

1974  "history and evolution of french canadian sociology,"  the insurgent sociologist. vol. 4, no. 4, summer, pp. 15-29.

1973  "e.f. wilson:  early years as missionary in huron and algoma," journal of the canadian church historical society, vol. 15, no. 4, december, pp. 78-96.