Gabriel Tarde On Communication and Social Influence: Selected Papers

by Gabriel Tarde

Book Overview

Gabriel Tarde ranks as one of the most outstanding sociologists of nineteenth-century France, though not as well known by English readers as his peers Comte and Durkheim. This book makes available Tarde's most important work and demonstrates his continuing relevance to a new generation of students and thinkers.

Tarde's landmark research and empirical analysis drew upon collective behavior, mass communications, and civic opinion as elements...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226789713
• ISBN13: 9780226789712
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.1"