The Americanization of social science : intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States / David Paul Haney.
| Author/creator | Haney, David Paul, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xii, 283 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- The postwar campaign for scientific legitimacy -- Quantitative methods and the institutionalization of exclusivity -- Social theory and the romance of American alienation -- Theories of mass society and the advent of a new elitism -- Fads, foibles, and autopsies: unwelcome publicity for diffident sociologists -- Pseudoscience and social engineering: American sociology's public image in the fifties -- The perils of popularity: public sociology and its antagonists -- Conclusion: the legacy of the scientific identity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007024415 |
| ISBN | 9781592137138 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 159213713X (cloth : alk. paper) |