Sociology and statistics in Britain, 1833-1979. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Plamena Panayotova.
• Authors: Panayotova, Plamena
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Traditional Viewpoint – Philip Abrams' The Origins of British Sociology (1968).- Chapter 3. A New Perspective – the Evolution of Statistics, 1660-1935.- Chapter 4. The Idea of Science in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain.- Chapter 5. The Statistical Work of Section F of the BAAS: Between the Hammer of Politics and the Anvil of Science.- Chapter 6. The Legacy of the Statistical Society of London – Aliis Exterendum and Beyond.- Chapter 7. Non-quantitative Models – Comte and Durkheim.- Chapter 8. Sociology and Statistics in the Sociological Society.- Chapter 9. Academic Sociology and Statistics in the Wake of the Sociological Society.- Chapter 10. The Intellectual Landscape in British Sociology, ca. 1930s-1970s.- Chapter 11. The Post-war Expansion of the British Education System and its Impact on Sociology.- Chapter 12. The Changing Face of an Expanding Sociology.- Chapter 13. The Teaching of Sociology to Undergraduate Students in Britain, 1904-1979.- Chapter 14. Positivism and Statistics in British Sociology.- Chapter 15. Hard Times.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 301.094109034; Sociology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Sociology -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Sociology -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030551339
• Related ISBNs: 9783030551322
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