| Description |
xiv, 257 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Part I. Introduction: 1. The development of sociology and of empirical social research in Britain Martin Bulmer -- Part II. History: 2. Social monitors: population censuses as social surveys C. Hakim -- 3. The emergence of the sociological survey, 1887-1939 Raymond Kent -- 4. Durkheim, Booth and Yule: the non-diffusion of an intellectual innovation Hannan C. Selvin and Christopher Bernert -- 5. The Governmental Social Survey Frank Whitehead -- 6. Methodological research on sample surveys: a review of developments in Britain Gerald Hoinville -- 7. Mass-Observation 1937-1949 Angus Calder -- 8. The Institute of Community Studies Peter Willmott -- 9. Provincials and professionals: the British post-war sociologists A. H. Halsey -- 10. On the eve: a prospect in retrospect Edward Shils -- Part III. Use: 11. The uses of British sociology, 1831-1981 Philip Abrams -- 12. Informants, respondents and citizens Catherine Marsh -- 13. Surveys of poverty to promote democracy Peter Townsend -- 14. Reading the palm of the invisible hand: indicators, progress and prediction Lorraine F. Baric -- Index |
| Analysis |
Great Britain Sociology Research, to 1984 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Abrams, Philip.
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Sociology -- Research -- Great Britain -- Congresses.
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Sociology -- Research -- Great Britain.
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Sociology -- Great Britain -- History -- Congresses.
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Sociology -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Bulmer, Martin.
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| LC no. |
84011371 2006271687 |
| ISBN |
0521254779 |
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