Measuring the Mosaic: An Intellectual Biography of John Porter Contributor(s): Helmes-Hayes, Rick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802097030 ISBN-13: 9780802097033 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $116.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 Annotation: Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars. |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.1" W x 9" (2.10 lbs) 592 pages |
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Publisher Description: Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars. In the first biography of this important figure, Rick Helmes-Hayes provides a detailed account of Porter's life and an in-depth assessment of his extensive writings on class, power, educational opportunity, social mobility, and democracy. While assessing Porter's place in the historical development of Canadian social science, Helmes-Hayes also examines the economic, social, political and scholarly circumstances - including the Depression, World War II, post-war reconstruction, the baby boom, and the growth of universities - that contoured Porter's political and academic views. Using extensive archival research, correspondence, and over fifty original interviews with family, colleagues, and friends, Measuring the Mosaic stresses Porter's remarkable contributions as a scholar, academic statesman, senior administrator at Carleton University, and engaged, practical public intellectual. |
Contributor Bio(s): Helmes-Hayes, Rick: - Rick Helmes-Hayes is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Waterloo. |