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Autore |
Haney David Paul <1963-> |
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Titolo |
The Americanization of social science : intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / / David Paul Haney |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-04741-8 |
1-59213-715-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sociology - Study and teaching - United States |
Sociology - United States - History - 20th century |
Sociologists - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The postwar campaign for scientific legitimacy -- Quantitative methods and the institutionalization of exclusivity -- Social theory and the romance of American alienation -- Theories of mass society and the advent of a new elitism -- Fads, foibles, and autopsies: unwelcome publicity for diffident sociologists -- Pseudoscience and social engineering: American sociology's public image in the fifties -- The perils of popularity: public sociology and its antagonists -- Conclusion: the legacy of the scientific identity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this, a unique history of the America's postwar intellectual, David Paul Haney outlines the development of sociology as a discipline and why, given its focus of study, it failed to develop into a force in the intellectual currents of the United States. Arguing that sociologists attempted to develop both a science and an instrument for the spread of humanistic concern about society, Haney shows how both attempts failed to connect sociology with larger questions of policy and social progress. |
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