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A history of sociological research methods in America : 1920-1960 / Jennifer Platt.

By:

Platt, Jennifer [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Ideas in context ; 40.Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996Description: xi, 333 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521441730
9780521441735
0521646499
9780521646499

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

301.072073 20

LOC classification:

HM48 .P53 1996

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Writing on method -- 3. Scientism -- 4. Theory and practice -- 5. Funding and research methods -- 6. Social structures of academic life -- 7. Reputation, exemplars and origin myths -- 8. Conclusion.

Content advice: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-315) and index.

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.

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