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Turner, Anthony

Hippocrene Books

Social Theory Today

Social theory has undergone dramatic changes over the past 15 years. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of those changes, and an authoritative statement on current trends of development in social thought.across the major traditions of social theory prominent to day. Among the topics covered are: the relationships between modern social theory and the "classics" of the late-18th and 19th centuries; the connections between social theory and mathematical social science; and the logical status of generalizations in the social sciences. Traditions of thought discussed include: behaviourism; symbolic interactionism; Parsonian theory; analytical theory; structuralism and post-structuration theory; world systems theory; and marxism and critical theory. The group of contributors comprises Jeffrey Alexander, Ira Cohen, Anthony Giddens, John Heritage, George Homans, Axel Honneth, Hans Joas, Ralph Miliband, R. Munch, Jonathan H. Turner, Immanuel Wallerstein and Thomas Wilson.

Giddens, Jonathan

Blackwell*publishers

<p>This lavishly illustrated book surveys the main types of scientific instruments used in Europe during the Early Modern period. For historians, scientists, teachers of science and collectors, it provides a welcome survey of the instruments used during the first age of European science. Early Scientific Instruments covers devices employed by scientists to assist in the examination of natural phenomena or for demonstration purposes, those used by practitioners such as astronomically or mathematically based activities such as navigation and surveying; and the instruments of everyday use which are based on scientific principles, such as sundials, barometers or calculating devices. Within a chronological narrative structure, Anthony Turner describes what instruments were available at given periods, explains their origins, and technical functions, and indicates the main lines of their development. He also summarizes the manufacturing context in which they were produced and relates their evolution to the intellectual and social background of the times. The illustrations show a wide range of instruments and their chief variants, chosen internationally from public and private collections, and have full descriptive captions. Extensive notes and bibliography provide thorough references to the contemporary and modern literature of the subject.</p>

Early Scientific Instruments: Europe, 1400-1800

Science & Math

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Sotheby Parke Bernet Pubns

Luxury Trades and Consumerism in Ancien Régime Paris: Studies in the History of the Skilled Workforce

Since the 16th century, Paris has been a leading arbiter of taste and the ultimate source of luxury goods for Europe and the world. However, the origins of the luxury trades of Paris and their role in the wider economic development of France and Europe have been relatively little examined by historians. This volume provides an entry into some of the many questions raised by the growth of the luxury trades, by bringing together eight detailed case studies of specific trades with five more wide-ranging and theoretical contributions. It therefore offers both the results of entirely new research and a range of new perspectives and methodological reflections on the subject as a whole. Essential to economic and social historians of Early Modern France, the book will also be of interest to all students of material culture.

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