The History of Sociology in Britain New Research and Revaluation /
"British sociology has a fascinating and often disputed history. At a time of profound social change in Britain and the world, the discipline must ask questions about its own future and relevance. To do this, it is valuable to learn from its history. This volume is a unique contribution to tha...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction; Plamena Panayotova
- Part 1: Disputed Origins
- 2. Did British Sociology Begin with the Scottish Enlightenment?; Kenneth Macdonald
- 3. Victorians and Numbers: Statistics and Social Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain; Lawrence Goldman
- Part 2: Neglected Legacies
- 4. Making Sense of Christopher Dawson; Garrett Potts and Stephen Turner
- 5. Richard Titmuss, Eugenics, and Social Science in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain; Chris Renwick
- 6. Social Status, Social Position and Social Class in Post-war British Society; Colin Mills
- 7. 'Poor Cousins': The Lost History of Sociology in the Polytechnics; Geoff Payne
- 8. Anglo-America: The Case of Edward Shils, Sociologist, 1910-1995; Martin Bulmer
- Part 3: Teaching Sociology
- 9. No Longer Oblivion: Sociology Courses before the 'First' Sociology Course; Christopher T. Husbands
- 10. The Rise of the Social Sciences in British Education, 1960 - 2016; Peter Mandler
- 11. The Teaching of Research Methods in British Sociology in the Twentieth Century; Plamena Panayotova
- Part 4: Historical Peculiarities
- 12. Sociology and Statistics in Britain: The Strange History of Social Mobility Research and its Latter-Day Consequences; John H. Goldthorpe
- 13. What Kind of 'ology'? Two Cultures and the Success of British Sociology; John MacInnes. .
