Essays on the History of British Sociological Research

by Bulmer Martin and Martin Bulmer

Book Overview

This book traces the history of British sociology and empirical social research over the last hundred years. Its coverage includes the census of population, the classic poverty surveys of Booth and Rowntree, the slow growth of social science between the wars, mass-observation, the rise of the Government Social Survey, the establishment of academic sociology after 1945 outside Oxford and Cambridge, and independent initiatives such as the foundation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521274842
• ISBN13: 9780521274845
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"