From 1945 to about 1960, the University of Chicago was home to a
group of faculty and graduate students whose work has come to
define what many call a second "Chicago School" of sociology.
Like its predecessor earlier in the century, the postwar department
was again the center for qualitative social research--on everything
from mapping the nuances of human behavior in small groups to
seeking solutions to problems of race, crime, and poverty. Howard
Becker, Joseph Gusfield, Herbert Blumer, David Riesman, Erving
Goffman, and others created a large, enduring body of work.
In this book, leading sociologists critically confront this legacy.
The eight original chapters survey the issues that defined the
department's agenda: the focus on deviance, race and ethnic
relations, urban life, and collective behavior; the renewal of
participant observation as a method and the refinement of symbolic
interaction as a guiding theory; and the professional and
institutional factors that shaped this generation, including the
leadership of Louis Wirth and Everett C. Hughes; the role of women;
and the competition for national influence Chicago sociology faced
from survey research at Columbia and grand theory at Harvard. The
contributors also discuss the internal conflicts that call into
question the very idea of a unified "school."
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 1995 |
| First published: |
September 1995 |
| Editors: |
Gary Alan Fine
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| Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
436 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-24939-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-226-24939-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780226249391 |
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