Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 285 pages illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

1. Readings on modern sociology, with particular reference to the USA - covers sociological perspectives (social theory, social research), types of society (traditional society, bureaucracy), concepts of man in society, social structure (Blacks, social status, social change, the Church, business organization, international relations), social processes (conformity, group dynamics, nonmanual workers and professional workers as offenders), and modes of inquiry. References.

Series statement

1. Prentice-Hall readings in modern sociology series

Uniform title

1. Prentice-Hall readings in modern sociology series

Subject

1. Sociology
2. Sociology
3. sociology
4. Soziologie
5. Aufsatzsammlung
6. social theory
7. social research
8. tradition
9. social structure
10. Blacks
11. social status
12. social change
13. Church
14. business organization
15. international relations
16. group dynamics
17. nonmanual workers
18. professional worker
19. offender
20. sociologie
21. théorie sociale
22. recherche sociale
23. structure sociale
24. Noirs
25. statut social
26. changement social
27. Eglise
28. organisation de l'entreprise
29. relations internationales
30. dynamique de groupe
31. travailleur non manuel
32. travailleur professionnel
33. contrevenant
34. sociología
35. teoría social
36. investigación sociológica
37. tradición
38. estructura social
39. negros
40. condición social
41. cambio social
42. iglesia
43. organización de la empresa
44. relaciones internacionales
45. dinámica de grupos
46. trabajador no manual
47. trabajador profesional
48. transgresor
49. USA
50. Etats-Unis
51. Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

1. reference.
2. référence bibliographique.
3. referencia.

Contents

1. The sociological imagination / C. Wright Mills -- The position of sociological theory / Talcott Parsons -- The bearing of empirical research / Robert K. Merton -- Sociology among the humanities / Robert Redfield -- Energy and evolution / Leslie A. White -- Tepoztlán restudied / Oscar Lewis -- On terminating conflict / Lewis A. Coser -- The characteristics of bureaucracy / Max Weber -- The U.S. as a mass society / Daniel Bell -- The over-socialized conception of man / Dennis H. Wrong -- Raising middle-class sons / David F. Aberle and Kaspar D. Naegele -- The inner, other, and tradition directed / David Riesman, Nathan Glazer and Reuel Denney -- Authoritarianism and foreign policy / Daniel J. Levinson -- How it feels to be lower caste / Allison Davis and John Dollard -- Status, role, and interaction / Robert F. Bales -- Illegitimacy in the Caribbean / William F. Goode -- Introducing community change / Peter H. Rossi -- The social structure of American Catholicism / Thomas F. O'Dea -- Who runs the giant corporation? / Ben B. Seligman -- The class basis of voting in the United States / Seymour Martin Lipset -- Social change in Soviet Russia / Alex Inkeles -- The U.S. as a mass society / Daniel Bell -- The statistics of deadly quarrels / L.F. Richardson -- The effects of group pressure / S.E. Asch -- White collar crime / Edwin H. Sutherland -- On terminating conflict / Lewis A. Coser -- The class basis of voting in the United States / Seymour Martin Lipset -- Social change in Soviet Russia / Alex Inkeles -- Exploring the academic mind / Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Wagner Thielens, Jr. -- Counterrevolution in France / Charles Tilly -- The statistics of deadly quarrels / L.F. Richardson -- Tepoztlán restudied / Oscar Lewis -- Status, role, and interaction / Robert F. Bales -- The effects of group pressure / S.E. Asch.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliographical footnotes.