04101nam 2200673 450 991045837590332120200520144314.01-4426-9873-X10.3138/9781442698734(CKB)2560000000054200(OCoLC)759157341(CaPaEBR)ebrary10442562(SSID)ssj0000485819(PQKBManifestationID)11289304(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485819(PQKBWorkID)10609611(PQKB)10463539(CEL)433747(CaBNvSL)slc00226117(MiAaPQ)EBC3272774(MiAaPQ)EBC4672998(DE-B1597)465246(OCoLC)979751244(DE-B1597)9781442698734(Au-PeEL)EBL4672998(CaPaEBR)ebr11258647(OCoLC)958581612(EXLCZ)99256000000005420020160926h20102010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMeasuring the Mosaic an intellectual biography of John Porter /Rick Helmes-HayesToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2010.©20101 online resource (621 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-9648-4 0-8020-9703-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Foreword / Clement, Wallace -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Growing Up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941 -- 2. The Army Years, 1941-1946 -- 3. The LSE Years, 1946-1949 -- 4. Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963 -- 5. The Genesis of The Vertical Mosaic, 1949-1958 -- 6. Crafting a Classic, 1958-1965 -- 7. The Vertical Mosaic: Canada as a Flawed Democracy -- 8. Critical Response to The Vertical Mosaic -- 9. Canadian Society and Canadian Sociology in the 1960s and '70s -- 10. Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969 -- 11. Measuring Educational Opportunity, 1970-1979 -- 12. Measuring Social Mobility, 1970-1979 -- 13. The Shift into Academic Administration, 1977-1979 -- 14. Marion Porter, John Porter's Intellectual Partner -- 15. Second Thoughts: Ruminations on Social Justice -- Afterword: Duty, Service, and Mission -- Notes -- Bibliography -- John Porter: Published Sources -- IndexMeasuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars. In the first biography of this important figure, Rick Helmes-Hayes provides a detailed account of Porter's life and an in-depth assessment of his extensive writings on class, power, educational opportunity, social mobility, and democracy.While assessing Porter's place in the historical development of Canadian social science, Helmes-Hayes also examines the economic, social, political and scholarly circumstances - including the Depression, World War II, post-war reconstruction, the baby boom, and the growth of universities - that contoured Porter's political and academic views. Using extensive archival research, correspondence, and over fifty original interviews with family, colleagues, and friends, Measuring the Mosaic stresses Porter's remarkable contributions as a scholar, academic statesman, senior administrator at Carleton University, and engaged, practical public intellectual.SociologyCanadaSociologistsCanadaBiographyOttawa (Ont.)BiographyElectronic books.SociologySociologists301.092Helmes-Hayes Richard C.1951-901405MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458375903321Measuring the Mosaic2014805UNINA