History and Social TheoryA Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1994 ?Burke?s study is unique in that it distills many of the previous efforts to address the interface between history and social theory into a concentrated, elegantly written, and thought-provoking analysis of key problems. . . . Excellent, comprehensive index and bibliography. Highly recommended.?--Choice Burke reviews the emergence of the fields of history and social science and traces their tentative convergence in recent decades as he reappraises the current relations between them. |
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The suggestion that it was the tsetse fly which – by attacking horses – prevented
the development of anything like feudalism in West Africa is one of the most
fascinating studies of ' what is missing ' , as Weber called it . 14 Comparative ...
The suggestion that it was the tsetse fly which – by attacking horses – prevented
the development of anything like feudalism in West Africa is one of the most
fascinating studies of ' what is missing ' , as Weber called it . 14 Comparative ...
Strana 26
All the same , these scholars have often treated the West as a norm from which
other cultures diverge . ' Feudalism ' , for example , like ' capitalism ' , is a concept
originally formulated on the basis of Western experience . There is an obvious ...
All the same , these scholars have often treated the West as a norm from which
other cultures diverge . ' Feudalism ' , for example , like ' capitalism ' , is a concept
originally formulated on the basis of Western experience . There is an obvious ...
Strana 140
27 It might be argued that the cultural history of the West illustrates the theory
rather well , with the Renaissance occurring in Italy ( a culture which had not
invested heavily in Gothic or scholasticism , as the French had done ) , while ...
27 It might be argued that the cultural history of the West illustrates the theory
rather well , with the Renaissance occurring in Italy ( a culture which had not
invested heavily in Gothic or scholasticism , as the French had done ) , while ...
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MODELS AND METHODS | 22 |
CENTRAL CONCEPTS | 46 |
CENTRAL PROBLEMS | 104 |
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