History and Social TheoryA Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1994 ?Burke?s study is unique in that it distills many of the previous efforts to address the interface between history and social theory into a concentrated, elegantly written, and thought-provoking analysis of key problems. . . . Excellent, comprehensive index and bibliography. Highly recommended.?--Choice Burke reviews the emergence of the fields of history and social science and traces their tentative convergence in recent decades as he reappraises the current relations between them. |
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... history of world population . At this time , scholars less concerned with theory were also turning from the traditional subject - matter of history , politics and war , to the study of social history in the sense of developments in ...
... history of world population . At this time , scholars less concerned with theory were also turning from the traditional subject - matter of history , politics and war , to the study of social history in the sense of developments in ...
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... history . Lamprecht's attempts to break the monopoly of political history was a failure , but in the United States and France , in particular , the campaign for social history met with more favourable responses . In the 1890s , the ...
... history . Lamprecht's attempts to break the monopoly of political history was a failure , but in the United States and France , in particular , the campaign for social history met with more favourable responses . In the 1890s , the ...
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... social historian . He is best known for his trilogy on the social history of Brazil , The Masters and the Slaves ( 1933 ) ; The Mansions and the Shanties ( 1936 ) ; and Order and Progress ( 1955 ) . Freyre's work is controversial , and ...
... social historian . He is best known for his trilogy on the social history of Brazil , The Masters and the Slaves ( 1933 ) ; The Mansions and the Shanties ( 1936 ) ; and Order and Progress ( 1955 ) . Freyre's work is controversial , and ...
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MODELS AND METHODS 22038 | 21 |
CENTRAL CONCEPTS | 44 |
CENTRAL PROBLEMS | 104 |
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