MAKING OF SOCIOLOGY: A Study of Sociological Theory (2 Volume Set)

What is sociology? This study in two volumes gives a thorough answer to this question, providing a clear critical assessment of all the more important contributions to sociological theory, and showing that the literature of sociology over the past two hundred years has been a continuous, coherent argument — constructing, deepening, and developing a new science. The book should serve as a basic textbook for courses on sociological theory and the history of social thought, but it has also been written for the individual reader who is seriously interested in the subject.