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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787482303321

Titolo

Political science in America : oral histories of a discipline / / Michael A. Baer, Malcolm E. Jewell, Lee Sigelman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

0-8131-6187-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

320/.092/273

Soggetti

Political scientists - United States

Political science - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Charles Hyneman; E. Pendleton Herring; Belle Zeller; Emmette S. Redford; R. Taylor Cole; Marian D. Irish; C. Herman Pritchett; Gabriel Almond; David Truman; Robert Martin; Robert A. Dahl ; Heinz Eulau; David Easton; Austin Ranney; Warren E. Miller; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Few academic disciplines have recorded their own origins and development in an organized way. The American Political Science Association, in cooperation with Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society, and the University of Kentucky, have undertaken an extensive oral history project, the aim of which is to trace and record the growth of the discipline. The program has made it possible to amass hours of interviews with women and men who have influenced the study of political science. Political Science in America contains interviews with fifteen major figures who speak frankly about the