Historical sociology
This book argues that history and sociology share the same vital preoccupation: the desire to unravel the puzzle of human agency.
Print Book, English, ©1982
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y., ©1982
xviii, 353 pages ; 23 cm
9780801415784, 9780801492433, 0801415780, 0801492432
9383033
Introduction: sociology as history
The transition to industrialism: anomie
The transition to industrialism: class formation and class struggle
The transition to industrialism: rationalisation
The problem of tendency: functional historical sociology and the convergence thesis
The problem of design: the formation of states explaining events: a problem of method the historical sociology of individuals: identity and the problem of generations
The historical sociology of individuals: monsters and heroes: careers and contingencies
Theory, questions and some limits of historical sociology