The Americanization of social science : intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States /

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A controversial explanation for sociology's isolation from American society.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haney, David Paul, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Sociology > Study and teaching > United States.
Sociology > United States > History > 20th century.
Sociologists > United States.
Sociologie > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis.
Sociologues > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Sociologists
Sociology
Sociology > Study and teaching
Sociologie.
Wetenschapsbeoefening.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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