Description |
1 online resource (xix, 588 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits |
Contents |
Introduction -- Growing up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941 -- The army years, 1941-1946 -- The LSE Years, 1946-1949 -- Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963 -- The genesis of The vertical mosaic, 1949-1958 -- Crafting a classic, 1958-1965 -- The vertical mosaic : Canada as a flawed democracy -- Critical response to The vertical mosaic -- Canadian society and Canadian sociology in the 1960's and 70's -- Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969 -- Measuring educational opportunity, 1970-1979 -- Measuring social mobility, 1970-1979 -- The shift into academic administration, 1977-1979 -- Marion Porter, John Porter's intellectual partner -- Second thoughts : ruminations on social justice -- Afterword : duty, service, and mission |
Summary |
Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-560) and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Porter, John, 1921-1979.
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Porter, John, 1921-1979. Vertical mosaic
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Porter, John, 1921-1979 |
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Sociology -- Canada
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Sociologists -- Canada -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Sociologists
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Sociology
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Ottawa (Ont.) -- Biography
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Canada
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Ontario -- Ottawa
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781442698734 |
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144269873X |
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0802096484 |
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9780802096487 |
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1442698748 |
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9781442698741 |
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