Vision and Method in Historical Sociology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521297249 ISBN 13: 9780521297240

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

Some of the most important questions of the social sciences in the twentieth century have been posed by scholars working at the intersections of social theory and history viewed on a grand scale. The core essays of this book focus on the careers and contributions of nine of these scholars: Marc Bloch, Karl Polanyi, S. N. Eisenstadt, Reinhard Bendix, Perry Anderson, E. P. Thompson, Charles Tilly, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Barrington Moore, Jr. The essays convey a vivid sense of the vision and values each of these major scholars brings (or bought) to his work and analyze and evaluate the research designs and methods each used in his most important works. The introduction and conclusion discuss the long-running tradition of historically grounded research in sociology, while the conclusion also provides a detailed discussion and comparison of three recurrent strategies for bringing historical evidence and theoretical ideas to bear upon one another. informative, thought-provoking, and unusually practical, the book offers fascinating and relevant reading to sociologists, social historians, historically oriented political economists, and anthropologists - and, indeed, to anyone who wants to learn more about the ideas and methods of some of the best-known scholars in the modern social sciences.

About this title

Product Description:

. xiii, 410 p. ; 24 cm.. . Based on the proceedings of the Conference on Methods of Historical Social Analysis, held in Cambridge, Mass., October 1979. Bibliography: p. 392-403.. . There is some light wear and creasing on the soft cover. the page block and the inside of the cover is foxed.There is a 3 line inscription in black ink on the top right of the front free end paper.Contents clean and unmarked.

Book Description:

These essays focus on the careers and contributions of nine scholars who worked on the intersections of social theory and history viewed on a grand scale. They include: Marc Bloch, Karl Polanyi, S. N. Eisenstadt, Reinhard Bendix, Perry Anderson, E. P. Thompson, Charles Tilly, Immanuel Wallerstein and Barrington Moore Jr.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0521297249
• ISBN 13: 9780521297240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430
• Editor: Skocpol Theda