From Aristotelian to Reaganomics: A Dictionary of Eponyms with Biographies in the Social Sciences

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Bloomsbury Academic, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 721 pages
This reference provides a detailed listing of eponyms in the social sciences, along with entries for some toponyms. The work includes terms from a broad range of social sciences, including anthropology, economics, education, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology. The entries are arranged alphabetically. Each begins with a brief definition of the term, followed by a discussion of the term's history and significance. The entry then provides biographical information for the person from whose name the entry was derived. A brief bibliography concludes each entry, and the dictionary closes with lists of entries arranged by category and a selected bibliography of works on eponyms.

About the author (1994)

RICHARD C.S. TRAHAIR conducts social research in the Faculty of Social Sciences at La Trobe University in Australia. His publications include The Humanist Temper: Life and Work of Elton Mayo (1984) and What's in a Name?: An Australian Dictionary of Eponyms (1990), along with several bibliographies and journal articles.

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