A history of sociology in Britain [electronic resource] : science, literature, and society / A.H. Halsey
- Author:
- Halsey, A. H.
- Published:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) : illustrations
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Pt. I Context -- 1.Literature or science? -- 2.The rise of scientific method -- Pt. II Narrative -- 3.Sociology before 1950 -- 4.British post-war sociologists -- 5.Expansion 1950-67 -- 6.Revolt 1968-75 -- 7.Years of uncertainty 1976-2000 -- Pt. III Analysis -- 8.The professors -- 9.Celebrated sociologists -- 10.The shape of sociology -- Pt. IV Conclusion -- 11.Epilogue in eight essays : Halsey, Bauman, Crouch, Giddens, Oakley, Platt, Runciman, and Westergaard -- App. 1 The professorial survey 2001 -- App. 2 Students numbers and quality 1950-2000.
- Summary:
- Written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field this text presents a critical history of sociology in Britain, a vivid and authoritative picture of the neglect, expansion fragmentation and explosion of the discipline during the past century.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780191601019 (ebook) and 0191601012 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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