1st Edition
Coming to My Senses The Autobiography of a Sociologist
By George Caspar Homans
Copyright 1984
383 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
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Those interested in the development of scientific theory and in the nature of academic life will appreciate this intellectual autobiography written by one of America's leading sociologists. Following his family tradition ( The Education of Henry Adams was written by his great-uncle), George Caspar Homans describes how his ideas about the proper nature of theory in social science, both in form... Read more
1: Ancestors; 2: The Back Bay; 3: Parents; 4: School; 5: Harvard College; 6: DeVoto, Henderson, Zinsser; 7: Curtis and Pareto; 8: The Society of Fellows; 9: Mayo I: Psychology; 10: Mayo II: Social Anthropology; 11: Medieval England; 12: Sailing with Uncle Charlie; 13: Dining with Ba; 14: The Navy I: Hazel, Accentor , and YMS 59; 15: The Navy II: Aruba-Curaçao; 16: The Navy III: Trinidad-Recife; 17: The Navy IV: The Pacific; 18: Harvard after World War II; 19: The Human Group; 20: Theory and Explanation; 21: Social Behavior; 22: Summary: Medfield
Biography
George Caspar Homans
