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