THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, 7: THE MODERN SOCIAL SCIENCES

PORTER, T./D.ROSS, EDS.

ISBN 10: 0521594421 / ISBN 13: 9780521594424

Published by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003

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PORTER, T./D.ROSS, EDS.: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, 7: THE MODERN SOCIAL SCIENCES. CAMBRIDGE, 2003, xxviii 762 p. , 1210 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (GA) 1210 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, 7: THE MODERN SOCIAL SCIENCES
• Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521594421
• ISBN 13: 9780521594424
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa dura
• Condition: Nuevo
• Weight: 1210 grams
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historia de la ciencia

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Synopsis

Forty-two essays by authors from five continents and many disciplines provide a synthetic account of the history of the social sciences - including behavioral and economic sciences since the late eighteenth century. The authors emphasize the cultural and intellectual preconditions of social science, and its contested but important role in the history of the modern world. While there are many historical books on particular disciplines, there are very few about the social sciences generally, and none that deal with so much of the world over so long a timespan.

Review

"The volume is a major contribution to communicating a contemporary understanding of science as integral to the life of the modern world. Both general historians and historians of science, not to mention scientists themselves, who think science is something apart may find this weighty volume hard to ignore. readers who already work in one of the many branches of the protean field will find most helpful and interesting ways into related areas. Students and teachers alike will surely find it a major resource." Journal of the History of the Behavioural Sciences