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Remaking Modernity: Politics, History, and Sociology
Adams
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Description for Remaking Modernity: Politics, History, and Sociology
Paperback. A sociology collection reviewing the state-of-historical-study in a wide range of areas while showcasing the use of poststructuralist approaches to studying family, gender, war, protest & revolution, state-making, social provisions, colonialism, transitio Editor(s): Adams, Julia; Clemens, Elisabeth S.; Orloff, Ann Shola. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: HB; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 884.
A state-of-the-field survey of historical sociology, Remaking Modernity assesses the field’s past accomplishments and peers into the future, envisioning changes to come. The seventeen essays in this collection reveal the potential of historical sociology to transform understandings of social and cultural change. The volume captures an exciting new conversation among historical sociologists that brings a wider interdisciplinary project to bear on the problems and prospects of modernity.
A state-of-the-field survey of historical sociology, Remaking Modernity assesses the field’s past accomplishments and peers into the future, envisioning changes to come. The seventeen essays in this collection reveal the potential of historical sociology to transform understandings of social and cultural change. The volume captures an exciting new conversation among historical sociologists that brings a wider interdisciplinary project to bear on the problems and prospects of modernity.
The contributors represent a wide variety of theoretical orientations and a broad spectrum of understandings of what constitutes historical sociology. They address such topics as religion, war, citizenship, markets, professions, gender and welfare, colonialism, ... Read more
Contributors
Julia Adams
Justin Baer
Richard Biernacki
Bruce Carruthers
Elisabeth Clemens
Rebecca Jean Emigh
Russell Faeges
Philip Gorski
Roger Gould
Meyer Kestnbaum
Edgar Kiser
Ming-Cheng Lo
Zine Magubane
Ann Shola Orloff
Nader Sohrabi
Margaret Somers
Lyn Spillman
George Steinmetz
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Politics, History, & Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822333630
SKU
V9780822333630
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About Adams
Julia Adams is Professor of Sociology at Yale University. She is the author of The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe. Elisabeth Clemens is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. She is the author of The People’s Lobby: Organizational Innovation and the Rise of the Interest Group. Ann Shola Orloff ... Read more
Reviews for Remaking Modernity: Politics, History, and Sociology
“Remaking Modernity is the best representation available of the large and excellent generation of American historical sociologists now becoming prominent in the discipline.”—Craig Calhoun, President of the Social Science Research Council “Here, all in one volume, is the best of the rising generation of historical sociologists, applying their craft to themselves, reflecting on their antecedents in order to chart our ... Read more