Authors of Their Own Lives
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20th century scholarship
20th century sociology
academic men
academics
american sociology
autobiography
biographical events
burnout
career
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childhood influences
contemporary sociology
determination
educational influences
emigration
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equality
ethnicity
family history
fear
immigration
intellectual events
intellectual influences
mobility
personal accounts
personal stories
popular culture
private animosity
psychology
relativism
socialism
sociologists
sociology
women sociologists
Product details
- ISBN 9780520065567
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1992
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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All students and scholars are curious about the human faces behind the impersonal rhetoric of academic disciplines. Here twenty of America's most prominent sociologists recount the intellectual and biographical events that shaped their careers. Family history, ethnicity, fear, private animosities, extraordinary determination, and sometimes plain good fortune are among the many forces that combine to mold the individual talents presented in Authors of Their Own Lives. With contributions from women and men, young and old, native-born Americans and immigrants, quantitative scholars and qualitative ones, this book provides a fascinating source for students and professional sociologists alike. Some of the autobiographies maintain their reserve, others are profoundly revealing. Their subjects range from childhood, educational, and intellectual influences, to academic careerism and burnout, to the history of American sociology. Authors stands alone as a deeply personal autobiographical account of contemporary sociology.
Bennett M. Berger is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.
