Haney, David Paul, 1963-
The Americanization of social science intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / [electronic resource] : David Paul Haney. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008. - xii, 283 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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GBA795236 bnb
Uk
Sociology--Study and teaching--United States.
Sociology--History--United States--20th century.
Sociologists--United States.
Electronic books.
HM477.U6 / H36 2008eb
301.0973/09045
The Americanization of social science intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / [electronic resource] : David Paul Haney. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008. - xii, 283 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA795236 bnb
Uk
Sociology--Study and teaching--United States.
Sociology--History--United States--20th century.
Sociologists--United States.
Electronic books.
HM477.U6 / H36 2008eb
301.0973/09045