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Industrializing America Understanding Contemporary Society through Classical Sociological Analysis
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Frank W. Elwell
Book Code: B6564
ISBN: 0-275-96564-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96564-8
200 pages, figures,tables
Praeger Paperback
Publication: 11/30/1999
List Price: $33.95 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Endorsement From Marvin Harris
    Graduate Research Professor
    Department of Anthropology
    University of Florida:     Against the main current of the social sciences, here is a book that returns us to the classical view that societies and cultures can best be understood as entities whose parts fit together to form systems.
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
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