The Fields and Methods of Sociology (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Turn historical records into clear social patterns.

Learn a practical method for turning past records into scientific cases that reveal how societies work. This guide explains how historians and sociologists can work together. It argues that history can be made useful for sociology, if researchers focus on the everyday life and broad social forces, not just dramatic events. It also outlines the challenges of using historical materials—from incomplete data to the biases of writers—and then shows how the case method can organize historical material into comparable, testable units.

• Understand why history is hard to use in science and how to overcome common pitfalls
• Learn the core of sociological history: the case method and how to compare similar cases across time and space
• See how to identify social patterns and test ideas with historical evidence
• Explore the future of historical sociology and how sociologists can train historians for their discipline

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