1st Edition
Founding Theory of American Sociology, 1881-1915 (RLE Social Theory)
1. Towards a Sociology of the History of Sociological Theory 2. Contexts of Early Sociological Theory 3. An Overview of the Major Characteristics of Early Theory in Terms of an Analytic Scheme 4. Social Epistemological-Methodological Theories 5. Theories of Social Origins 6. The Theory and Characteristics of Primordial Social Structure 7. Toward Theories of Social and Societal Structures 8. An Overview of Theories of Social Change and Social Evolution 9. Anti-Social Evolutionism and the Social Process Theory of Social Change 10. Social Evolution, Social Process, and Social Progress in Social Change: Summary 11. A Basic Synoptic Characterization of Founding Theory 12. Toward Discontinuity and Continuity in the History of American Sociological Theory
Biography
Roscoe C. Hinkle
