What is Historical Sociology (What is Sociology?) - Softcover

Richard Lachmann's excellent, readable short survey of historical sociology gets to the heart of the enterprise: understanding the ongoing transformations that have created the world in which we live. Lachmann provides incisive reviews of the major fields of research to which historical sociologists have contributed. The book will be a very useful text for those who would bring the concerns and approaches of historical sociology to the larger discipline -- who want to historicize sociology in order to render it more vital and more grounded.
Ann Shola Orloff, Northwestern University

One of the major contributors to the “historical turn” in late twentieth-century social sciences guides us through a fascinating journey in a discipline. By examining exemplary works in different sociological domains, Lachmann skillfully sketches the varied concerns of historical sociology. Written in a readable and engaging style, What is Historical Sociology? is a MUST read and not just for those interested in (historical) sociology.
Roberto Franzosi, Emory University