The Americanization of social science [[electronic resource] ] : intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / / David Paul Haney |
Autore | Haney David Paul <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.0973/09045 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Study and teaching - United States
Sociology - United States - History - 20th century Sociologists - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-04741-8
1-59213-715-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454129703321 |
Haney David Paul <1963-> | ||
Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Americanization of social science [[electronic resource] ] : intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / / David Paul Haney |
Autore | Haney David Paul <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.0973/09045 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Study and teaching - United States
Sociology - United States - History - 20th century Sociologists - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-04741-8
1-59213-715-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782533603321 |
Haney David Paul <1963-> | ||
Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Americanization of social science : intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / / David Paul Haney |
Autore | Haney David Paul <1963-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.0973/09045 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Study and teaching - United States
Sociology - United States - History - 20th century Sociologists - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-04741-8
1-59213-715-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817165103321 |
Haney David Paul <1963-> | ||
Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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