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The Social Survey in Historical Perspective, 1880–1940
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Paperback. This 2001 book traces the history of the social Survey in Britain and the US, with two chapters on Germany and France. Editor(s): Bulmer, Martin; Bales, Kevin; Sklar, Kathryn Kish. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
For the past hundred years, the social survey has been a major tool of social investigation, and its use has also been linked to social reform. Starting with the landmark surveys of Charles Booth in London and Jane Addams in Chicago, social surveys in both Britain and the Unites States investigated poverty, unemployment and other difficult social conditions. While in Britain there was marked continuity between the early studies of Booth and others, in the US the social survey movement exercised curiously little impact upon empirical social science. This 2001 book traces the history of the social Survey in Britain ... Read more
For the past hundred years, the social survey has been a major tool of social investigation, and its use has also been linked to social reform. Starting with the landmark surveys of Charles Booth in London and Jane Addams in Chicago, social surveys in both Britain and the Unites States investigated poverty, unemployment and other difficult social conditions. While in Britain there was marked continuity between the early studies of Booth and others, in the US the social survey movement exercised curiously little impact upon empirical social science. This 2001 book traces the history of the social Survey in Britain ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521188784
SKU
V9780521188784
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