Lee Rainwater

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Lee Rainwater

Sociology

#1129

World Rank

#1296

Historical Rank

#450

USA Rank

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Lee Rainwater's Degrees

• Bachelors Sociology University of Chicago

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Why Is Lee Rainwater Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Lee Rainwater was an American sociologist. He was a professor of sociology at Harvard University for 23 years and was a co-founder of the Luxembourg Income Study, for which he was research director between 1983 and 2005. He was the author, co-author, or editor of over twenty books, including Behind Ghetto Walls: Black Families in a Federal Slum , a study of the notorious St Louis, Missouri, housing development Pruitt–Igoe. A series of memorial lectures has been founded in his name at CUNY and began in 2017.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Lee Rainwater?

Lee Rainwater is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Chicago
• Harvard University