{"product_id":"history-and-social-theory-paperback-softback-9780745634074","title":"History and Social Theory (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745634074","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHistory and Social Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Burke (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745634074, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.369 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This remains an excellent and (still) timely call for greater cross-fertilization between two disciplines that approach the same subject from different but complementary angles. Alongside the quality of the writing and the argument this book provides many useful references on the 'classical' works that have shaped both disciplines. For the relative newcomer as for the specialist this is a reminder of how much we can glean not just from social theory and history today, but also from the social theorists and historians who preceded us.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A work of great clarity and wide scope, History and Social Theory offers the reader quick access to the key issues in the field with pithy and focused discussions of its problems, claims, contentions, and work yet to be done.” \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Herman Lebovics, SUNY Stony Brook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a really excellent book and should be prescribed reading for any serious student of history or social theory at any teaching level. It should also attract large numbers of admiring general readers.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert W. Scibner, Clare College, Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat is the use of social theory to historians, and of history to social theorists? In clear and energetic prose, a pre-eminent cultural historian here offers a far-reaching response to these deceptively simple questions. In this classic text, now revised and updated in its second edition, Peter Burke reviews afresh the relationship between the fields of history and the social sciences and their tentative convergence in recent decades.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurke first examines what uses historians have made - or might make - of the models, methods, and concepts of the social sciences, and then analyzes some of the intellectual conflicts, such as the opposition between structure and human agency, which are at the heart of the tension between history and social theory. Throughout, he draws from a broad range of cultures and periods to illustrate how history, in turn, has been used to create and validate social theories. This new edition brings the book up to date with the addition of examples and discussions of new topics such as social capital, globalization and post-colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition of History and Social Theory will continue to stimulate both students and scholars across a range of disciplines with its challenging assessment of the roles of history and social science today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1 THEORISTS AND HISTORIANS\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Dialogue of the Deaf\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Differentiation of History and Theory\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Dismissal of the Past\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Rise of Social History\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Convergence of Theory and History\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2 MODELS AND METHODS\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComparisons\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModels\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuantitative Methods\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Social Microscope\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3 CENTRAL CONCEPTS\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRoles and Performances\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSex and Gender\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFamily and Kinship\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCommunities and Identities\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClass and Status\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSocial Mobility and Social Distinction\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsumption and Exchange\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSocial and Cultural Capital\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePatrons and Clients\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePower and the Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCentres and Peripheries\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHegemony and Resistance\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSocial Protest and Social Movements\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMentalities, Ideologies, Discourses\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCommunication and Reception\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePostcolonialism and Cultural Hybridity\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrality and Textuality\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMemory and Myth\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4 CENTRAL PROBLEMS\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRationality versus Relativism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcepts of Culture\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsensus versus Conflict\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFacts versus Fictions\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructures versus Agents\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFunctionalism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Example of Venice\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructuralism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Return of the Actor\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5 SOCIAL THEORY AND SOCIAL CHANGE\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpencer's Model\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMarx's Model\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Third Way?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays in Synthesis\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePatterns of Population\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePatterns of Culture\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncounters\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Importance of Events\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGenerations\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6 POSTMODERNITY AND POSTMODERNISM\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDestabilization\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCultural Constructions\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDecentering\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBeyond Eurocentrism?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobalization\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTo Conclude\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand 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