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Industrializing America Understanding Contemporary Society through Classical Sociological Analysis
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Frank W. Elwell
ISBN: 0-275-96564-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96564-8
200 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/1999
List Price: $33.95 (UK Sterling Price: £23.95)
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Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: An analysis of any part of the social system must be firmly rooted in a framework that outlines the whole system and the interrelationships of the various parts. Building on classical social theory, this volume proposes an original and comprehensive systems theory of sociocultural stability and change, which combines fundamental ecological relationships with social structures and culture. Relationships and concepts developed by Marx, Weber, Malthus, Spencer, and Durkheim are explained and synthesized into a coherent perspective, which is used to examine multiple institutions in modern industrial societies.

The author argues that recent changes in the economy, the family, higher education, the political system, cultural ideas, and ideologies are interrelated and rooted in massive changes in population size and industrial processes. By systematically relating the analysis of these sociocultural phenomena to the whole and to one another this volume presents a framework that can serve to organize and integrate many diverse theories, insights, and much empirical information into a comprehensive worldview.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    Sociocultural Materialism
    Sociocultural Evolution
    Structures of Authority
    Economic Rationalization
    The Decline of Commitment
    Factual Regularities
    The Widening Gyre
    The New Ideology
    Possibilities
    References
    Index
About the Author: FRANK W. ELWELL is Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Rutgers State University. He is the author of The Evolution of the Future (Praeger, 1991).
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