Durkheim is Dead!: Sherlock Holmes is Introduced to Social Theory

by Arthur Asa Berger and Arthur Asa Burger

Book Overview

In this sociology textbook/mystery novel, students can join Sherlock Holmes and Watson as they discover a new area ripe for acrimony and intrigue: social theory. In 1910, the most prominent social theorists in the world gather in London for a conference on the new science of sociology. Things rapidly fall apart, though, as a fight breaks out, a jewel is stolen, and famous sociologist Emile Durkheim disappears. As Sherlock Holmes and Watson investigate,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759103003
• ISBN13: 9780759103009
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.8"