Author: Smelser, Neil J. (Neil Joseph) (1930-)
Title: Essays in sociological explanation / Neil J. Smelser
Description: Englewood Cliffs. N.J. : Prentice-Hall 1968. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good. but worn and dust-dulled dust wrapper. with some minor loss. now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; tight. bright. and clean. Physical description; viii. 280 p. Series; Prentice-Hall sociology series. Notes; Includes bibliographical footnotes. Contents; Sociology and the other social sciences -- The optimum scope of sociology -- The methodology of comparative analysis of economic activity -- Sociological history: the Industrial Revolution and the British working-class family -- Social and psychological dimensions of collective behavior -- Toward a theory of modernization -- Social structure. mobility. and economic development -- Toward a general theory of social change. Subjects; Sociology. Social change. Social Sciences. Social surveys. Social science & sociology - Collections & essays. ISBN: 0132835649.

Keywords: 0132835649