| A History of Sociological Research Methods in America, 1920-1960 Contributor(s): Platt, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521441730 ISBN-13: 9780521441735 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: This is the first book on the general history of US sociological research methods. It provides systematic archival, documentary and interview data which question many conventional views, and it raises wider issues of method in the history of ideas. special attention is paid to commonly neglected themes: foundations other than Rockefeller ones, 'case-study' method and the Lundberg circle. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 301.072 |
| LCCN: 95021429 |
| Series: Ideas in Context |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.27" W x 9.28" (1.40 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first book on the general history of U.S. sociological research methods. It provides systematic archival, documentary and interview data that question conventional views, showing that the extensive work done on sociological theory gives only a partial picture of the history of sociology. Research practice is affected by many other factors. This detailed study develops our understanding both of the history of social thought, and the settings in which social research is produced, raising wider issues of method in the history of ideas. |