Methods of Social Study - Brossura

Webb, Sidney

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521134595 ISBN 13: 9780521134590

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

In this book, Sidney and Beatrice Webb describe in detail how they conducted their investigations into social history and institutions.

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Descrizione del libro

In Methods of Social Study, pioneers Sidney and Beatrice Webb describe in detail how they conducted their investigations into social history and institutions - from the collection, recording and classification of the data (both documentary and oral), through the processes of hypothesis and analysis, down to the preparation of the final report.

Contenuti

Introduction to this edition by T. H. Marshall; Preface; 1. The province of sociology determined; 2. The mental equipment of the social investigator; 3. How to study social facts; 4. The art of note-taking; 5. The written word; 6. The spoken word; 7. Royal commissions and committees of enquiry as sources for the investigator; 8. Watching the institution at work; 9. The use of statistics; 10. Verification; 11. Publication; 12. The relation of science to the purpose of life; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521134595
• ISBN 13: 9780521134590
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 308
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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