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Classical sociological theory : rediscovering the promise of sociology / Glenn A. Goodwin, Joseph A. Scimecca.

By: Goodwin, Glenn A.
Contributor(s): Scimecca, Joseph A.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2006Description: xix, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0534624693 (pbk.).Subject(s): Sociology -- History | Sociology -- Methodology -- History | Sociologists -- BiographyDDC classification: 301.0922
Contents:
Roots of sociology, morals, and science -- August Comte (1798-1857) -- Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) -- Karl Marx (1818-1883) -- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) -- Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) -- Georg Simmel (1858-1918) -- Max Weber (1864-1920) -- George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) -- Jane Addams (1860-1935) -- William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) De Bois (1868-1963) -- Classical American sociology and the promise of sociology -- Glossary of terms.
Summary: [This book] reflects sixty-plus years of experience teaching required undergraduate and graduate courses on classical sociological theory. It is a subject matter that both [authors] continue to feel passionately about, and one that [they] feel currently lakcs a text that can both create a similar passion for classical theory in students and present the substantive ideas of the founding men and women of sociology.... [This] text overcomes these limitations. -Pref.
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Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 3 , Side 2, TierNo 1, BayNo 4

 301.0922 GOO (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09030,02,CL 5000047973
Graduate Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 3 , Side 2, TierNo 1, BayNo 4

 301.0922 GOO (Browse shelf) 1 Available SHTEx,70002,02,GR 5000043913

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Roots of sociology, morals, and science -- August Comte (1798-1857) -- Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) -- Karl Marx (1818-1883) -- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) -- Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) -- Georg Simmel (1858-1918) -- Max Weber (1864-1920) -- George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) -- Jane Addams (1860-1935) -- William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) De Bois (1868-1963) -- Classical American sociology and the promise of sociology -- Glossary of terms.

[This book] reflects sixty-plus years of experience teaching required undergraduate and graduate courses on classical sociological theory. It is a subject matter that both [authors] continue to feel passionately about, and one that [they] feel currently lakcs a text that can both create a similar passion for classical theory in students and present the substantive ideas of the founding men and women of sociology.... [This] text overcomes these limitations. -Pref.