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History and Sociology in the New Economic Sociology: A Discourse in Search of a Method

Roger Penn-1990-01-01-Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
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This chapter involves a critical examination of the articulation of historical and sociological modes of analysis within what has come to be called the 'new economic sociology'. It will demonstrate that the use of historical data within many of the best-known and best-respected texts in this field is both casual and tendentious. Such conclusions raise serious questions about the capacity of contemporary sociologists to utilise historical material in a satisfactory way.KeywordsHistorical ScienceEconomic SociologySkilled CraftsmanPacific Sociological AssociationPrinting IndustryThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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This chapter involves a critical examination of the articulation of historical and sociological modes of analysis within what has come to be called the 'new economic sociology'. It will demonstrate that the use of historical data within many of the best-known and best-respected texts in this field is both casual and tendentious. Such conclusions raise serious questions about the capacity of contemporary sociologists to utilise historical material in a satisfactory way.KeywordsHistorical ScienceEconomic SociologySkilled CraftsmanPacific Sociological AssociationPrinting IndustryThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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