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Autore: |
Helmes-Hayes Richard C. <1951->
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Titolo: |
Measuring the Mosaic : an intellectual biography of John Porter / / Rick Helmes-Hayes
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Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010 |
©2010 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (621 p.) |
Disciplina: | 301.092 |
Soggetto topico: | Sociology - Canada |
Sociologists - Canada | |
Soggetto geografico: | Ottawa (Ont.) Biography |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Growing up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941 -- The army years, 1941-1946 -- The LSE Years, 1946-1949 -- Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963 -- The genesis of The vertical mosaic, 1949-1958 -- Crafting a classic, 1958-1965 -- The vertical mosaic : Canada as a flawed democracy -- Critical response to The vertical mosaic -- Canadian society and Canadian sociology in the 1960's and 70's -- Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969 -- Measuring educational opportunity, 1970-1979 -- Measuring social mobility, 1970-1979 -- The shift into academic administration, 1977-1979 -- Marion Porter, John Porter's intellectual partner -- Second thoughts : ruminations on social justice -- Afterword : duty, service, and mission. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Measuring 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Measuring the Mosaic ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4426-9874-8 |
1-4426-9873-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910819175803321 |
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