{"product_id":"methods-of-social-study-paperback-9780521134590","title":"Methods of Social Study (Paperback) 9780521134590","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMethods of Social Study\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this book, Sidney and Beatrice Webb describe in detail how they conducted their investigations into social history and institutions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSidney Webb (Author), Beatrice Webb (Author), T. H. Marshall (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521134590, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Methods of Social Study Sidney and Beatrice Webb describe in detail how they conducted their investigations into social history and institutions - from the collection, recording and classification of the data (both documentary and oral), through the processes of hypothesis and analysis, down to the preparation of the final report. The Webbs were in many respects pioneers, and what they achieved and the way in which they achieved it are of an importance that has been increasingly recognised as the passage of times gives us perspective. Their constant concern was to ensure that their work would be 'scientific'. They stress the need in scientific research for complete objectivity, to be achieved in their case by keeping their historical and sociological studies wholly separate from their political writings. Because the first drafts for the book were made by Beatrice in 1921 and the final text was written by Sidney in 1931\/2, one can also see expressed here, more clearly than elsewhere, the different temperaments of the two collaborators.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to this edition by T. H. Marshall\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The province of sociology determined\u003cbr\u003e 2. The mental equipment of the social investigator\u003cbr\u003e 3. How to study social facts\u003cbr\u003e 4. The art of note-taking\u003cbr\u003e 5. The written word\u003cbr\u003e 6. The spoken word\u003cbr\u003e 7. Royal commissions and committees of enquiry as sources for the investigator\u003cbr\u003e 8. Watching the institution at work\u003cbr\u003e 9. The use of statistics\u003cbr\u003e 10. Verification\u003cbr\u003e 11. Publication\u003cbr\u003e 12. The relation of science to the purpose of life\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006590669080,"sku":"9780521134590","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521134590i_c3d022ea-5e67-4d6e-baa7-99e295aa6d6e.jpg?v=1691372189","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/methods-of-social-study-paperback-9780521134590","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}