Advocacy and Objectivity: A Crisis in the Professionalization of American Social Science, 1865-1905

By Mary O. Furner and Mary Furner

Book Overview

Describes the early development of social science professions in the US. This book traces the academic process in economics, sociology, and political science. It devotes considerable attention to economics in the 1880s, when first-generation professionals wrestled with the enormously difficult social questions associated with industrialization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412814529
• ISBN13: 9781412814522
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"