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The political context of sociology / by Leon Bramson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bramson, Leon, author.
- Series:
- Princeton legacy library.
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1961.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The author traces 19th-century origins of sociology in post-Revolutionary Europe, and contrasts European and American approaches to sociological data. Using the concepts of mass behavior and mass society as case studies, he suggests the continuing influence of social and political philosophies in sociology to the present day. Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE
- CHAPTER ONE. THE USES OF SOCIOLOGY
- CHAPTER TWO. EUROPEAN THEORIES OF THE MASS AND MASS SOCIETY
- PART TWO
- CHAPTER THREE. EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS ON THE CROWD: THE CONCEPT OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR
- CHAPTER FOUR. THE RISE OF AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
- CHAPTER FIVE. THE AMERICAN CRITIQUE OF THE THEORY OF MASS SOCIETY: RESEARCH IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS
- PART THREE
- CHAPTER SIX. MASS SOCIETY, MASS CULTURE, AND TOTALITARIANISM
- CHAPTER SEVEN. SUBJECTIVITY IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691093253
- 0691093253
- 9780691649962
- 0691649960
- 9781400874804
- 1400874807
- OCLC:
- 966802867
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