The Origins of American Social Science

by Dorothy Ross

Book Overview

Focusing on the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and history, this book examines how American social science came to model itself on natural science and liberal politics. Professor Ross argues that American social science receives its distinctive stamp from the ideology of American exceptionalism, the idea that America occupies an exceptional place in history, based on her republican government and wide economic opportunity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521350921
• ISBN13: 9780521350921
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"