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ONLINE

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008

1 online resource (xii, 283 p.) ; 24 cm

ISBN 159213713X (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9781592137138 (cloth : alk. paper)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)317153984

GBA795236