A History of Sociology in Britain: Science, Literature, and Society

by A. H. Halsey

Overview

This is the first-ever critical history of sociology in Britain, written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field. A. H. Halsey presents a vivid and authoritative picture of the neglect, expansion, fragmentation, and explosion of the discipline during the past century. The book examines the literary and scientific contributions to the origin of the discipline, and the challenges faced by the discipline at the dawn of a new century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199266616
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/20/2004
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Nuffield College, Oxford

Table of Contents

PrefacePart I: Context1. Literature or Science? 2. The Rise of Scientific MethodPart II: Narrative3. Sociology before 19504. The British Post-War Sociologists5. Expansion 1950-19676. Revolt 1968-19757. The Years of Uncertainty 1976-Part III: Analysis8. The Professor: A Survey by Birth Cohort9. Celebrated Sociologists10. The Shape of SociologyPart IV: ConclusionEpilogue : in Eight Essays Zygmunt Bauman, Colin Crouch, Anthony Giddens, A. H. Halsey, Ann Oakley, Jennifer Platt, W. G. Runciman, John WestergaardAppendixes