Writing for Social Scientists : How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article

Becker, Howard S.

ISBN 10: 0226041085 / ISBN 13: 9780226041087

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1986

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP31228424

Synopsis:

Acutely sensitive to the anxieties that plague social science writers, Becker does a brilliant job of speaking to the moral and emotional problems at the root of bad writing. He shows students (and post-graduates) what they are doing wrong in their attempts to write and offers eminently useful suggestions about what they should be doing instead.

About the Author: Howard S. Becker has made major contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. He has also written extensively on the practice of sociology. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he was also an instructor in sociology and social sciences. He became professor of sociology at Northwestern University, where he taught for twenty-five years. When he retired from active teaching he was a professor of sociology and an adjunct professor of music at the University of Washington. He lives and works in San Francisco and Paris.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Writing for Social Scientists : How to Start...
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good