14 Facts About Oliver Cox

Oliver Cromwell Cox was a Trinidadian-American sociologist.

Oliver Cox was born into a middle-class family in Port of Spain, Trinidad and emigrated to the United States in 1919.

Oliver Cox was a founder of the world-systems perspective, which posits a socioeconomic system that encompasses part or all of the globe.

Oliver Cox worked as the captain of a revenue schooner, and later as a customs and excise officer.

Oliver Cox was a prominent teacher in the local school system and was highly respected in the community.

In 1928, Oliver Cox earned a law degree from Northwestern University.

Oliver Cox was confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of his life.

Oliver Cox stayed at the same university but switched to the Sociology Department to earn a Ph.

Oliver Cox's dissertation was entitled "Factors Affecting the Marital Status of Negroes in the United States", and it was written under the supervision of William Fielding Ogburn.

Oliver Cox initiated his teaching career at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.

Oliver Cox utilized the tools and methods of Marxist thought in his critiques of capitalism and race in Caste, Class and Race, Foundations of Capitalism, Capitalism and American Leadership, Capitalism as a System, and his last, Jewish Self-Interest and Black Pluralism.

In 1948, Oliver Cox published his most profound and influential book, Caste, Class and Race, just ten years after obtaining his Ph.

Oliver Cox chose the title to highlight his opposition to W Lloyd Warner's caste conception of race in the US The book provided an alternative to the liberal pluralist view of race by attempting to integrate race and class.

Oliver Cox believed that the racialized system in the US was a result of the intersection of class and democracy.