Foreword R.Collins Acknowledgements PART 1: INTRODUCTION PART 2: RETURN TO EMPIRICAL SOCIAL REALITY White as an Empirical Sociologist Search for General Social Logics Networks as Analytical Tool White's Mobility Studies PART 3: TIES AND NETWORKS Social Networks as a Theoretical Paradigm Social Ties Dynamics of Ties Story A New Image of Contemporary Social Contexts PART 4: CONTROL AND IDENTITY Embedded in Multiple Networks Control Modes of Control...