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Haney, David Paul, 1963-

The Americanization of social science intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / [electronic resource] : David Paul Haney. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008. - xii, 283 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.

Introduction -- The postwar campaign for scientific legitimacy -- Quantitative methods and the institutionalization of exclusivity -- Social theory and the romance of American alienation -- Theories of mass society and the advent of a new elitism -- Fads, foibles, and autopsies: unwelcome publicity for diffident sociologists -- Pseudoscience and social engineering: American sociology's public image in the fifties -- The perils of popularity: public sociology and its antagonists -- Conclusion: the legacy of the scientific identity.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA795236 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sociology--Study and teaching--United States.
Sociology--History--United States--20th century.
Sociologists--United States.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HM477.U6 / H36 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 301.0973/09045