Essays in Sociological Explanation

by Neil J. Smelser

Overview

A much-referenced collection of writings on issues of sociological theory and practice by one of the world's leading social scientists of the past half-century, this informative book is now republished in the Classics of the Social Sciences Series from Quid Pro Books. Its quality NOOKbook formatting includes active TOC, linked chapter endnotes, legible graphs and images from the original, and proper digital presentation throughout.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016204956
Publisher:	Quid Pro, LLC
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Series:	Classics of the Social Sciences , #11
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

NEIL J. SMELSER is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned degrees from Harvard and Oxford, as well as his PhD from Harvard in 1958. Most of his academic career has been spent in Sociology at the University of California at Berkeley, where he is University Professor Emeritus. He has also served as director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.