Social Change and History
Author | : Robert A. Nisbet |
Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1969 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015003448977 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Download or read book Social Change and History written by Robert A. Nisbet and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface: The primary purpose of this book is to set forth the essential sources and contests of the Western idea of social development. The book is in large part historical, in smaller part analytical and critical. In the rather long final chapter I explore some of the difficulties which seem to me to arise in the study of social change when this study is made subject to the fundamental concepts of developmentalism.