A history of sociological research methods in America : 1920-1960 /
By: Platt, Jennifer [author.].
Series: Ideas in context: 40.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998Edition: 1st paperback edition.Description: xi, 333 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0521646499; 9780521646499:; 9780521646499; 0521441730; 9780521441735.Subject(s): Sociology -- Research -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Sociology -- Research -- United States -- History | Sociology -- United States -- Methodology -- History -- 20th century | Sociology -- Research -- United States -- MethodologyGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 301.072073Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Originally published in hardback in 1996.
Includes appendix, bibliographical references (pages 282-315) and index.
Introduction -- Writing on method -- Scientism -- Theory and practice -- Funding and research methods -- Social structures of academic life -- Reputation, exemplars and origin myths -- Conclusion.
This is the first book on the general history of US sociological research methods. It provides systematic archival, documentary and interview data which question many conventional views, and raises wide issues of method in the history of ideas.