Readership: Scholars and students of sociology, social studies, historiography; social historians, educationalists, and anthropologists
A. H. Halsey, Emeritus Professor and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford
"Provides an excellent window into general questions regarding the social sciences today...A History of Scoiology in Britain is an excellent piece of scholarship that adds much to the intellectual history of the social sciences." - Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
"A.L.Halsey's history is a commendable enterprise ... his book is the first step towards a full history of British sociology" - Times Higher Education Supplement
Preface Part I: Context 1: Literature or Science? 2: The Rise of Scientific Method Part II: Narrative 3: Sociology before 1950 4: The British Post-War Sociologists 5: Expansion 1950-1967 6: Revolt 1968-1975 7: The Years of Uncertainty 1976- Part III: Analysis 8: The Professor: A Survey by Birth Cohort 9: Celebrated Sociologists 10: The Shape of Sociology Part IV: Conclusion Epilogue : in Eight Essays Zygmunt Bauman, Colin Crouch, Anthony Giddens, A. H. Halsey, Ann Oakley, Jennifer Platt, W. G. Runciman, John Westergaard Appendixes
