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

by Halsey, A. H.

• ISBN13: 9780199266616
• ISBN10: 0199266611
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780191532887
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xiii
List of Tables	xiv
Part I. Context
Introduction	3	(12)
1. Literature or Science?	15	(14)
2. The Rise of Scientific Method	29	(18)
Part II. Narrative
3. Sociology Before 1950	47	(23)
4. British Post-war Sociologists	70	(19)
5. Expansion 1950-67	89	(24)
6. Revolt 1968-75	113	(9)
7. Years of Uncertainty 1976-2000	122	(25)
Part III. Analysis
8. The Professors	147	(21)
9. Celebrated Sociologists	168	(12)
10. The Shape of Sociology	180	(23)
Part IV. Conclusion
11. Epilogue in Eight Essays: Halsey, Bauman, Crouch, Giddens, Oakley, Platt, Rundman, and Westergaard	203	(22)
Appendices
Appendix 1. The Professorial Survey 2001	225	(8)
Appendix 2. Students Numbers and Quality 1950-2000	233	(8)
Appendix 3. Citation and Content Analyses (by Claire Donovan)	241	(9)
References	250	(17)
Index	267