Description

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.

Features

• First-ever definitive history of the discipline
• Written by one of the world's leading scholars on the subject
• Examines a British phenomenon in an international perspective

Product Details

304 pages; 19 line illus.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-926661-6ISBN10: 0-19-926661-1

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