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Robert Staughton Lynd

    Robert Staughton Lynd bol americký sociológ a profesor, ktorý sa preslávil svojimi štúdiami americkej spoločnosti. Spolu so svojou manželkou Helen Lynd vykonal priekopnícke 'Middletown' štúdie, ktoré sa systematicky zaoberali americkým komunitným životom. Tieto práce sú považované za klasiku americkej sociológie a skúmajú súčasnú americkú kultúru a jej premeny.

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    Doing History From The Bottom Up
    • Doing History From The Bottom Up

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      • 6 hodin čítania
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      Staughton Lynd challenges academics to see American history through eyes of the poor and working class participants in history.

      Doing History From The Bottom Up
    • Contents: Foreword ix; I. Social Science in Crisis 1; II. The Concept of "Culture" 11; III. The Pattern of American Culture 54; IV. The Social Sciences as Tools 114; V. Values and the Social Sciences 180; VI. Some Outrageous Hypotheses 202; Index 251 Originally published in 1939. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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