Haney, David Paul,  1963- <br/><br/>
The Americanization of social science  intellectuals and public responsibility in the postwar United States /  [electronic resource] : 
David Paul Haney. 
 - Philadelphia :  Temple University Press,  2008. 
 - xii, 283 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- The postwar campaign for scientific legitimacy -- Quantitative methods and the institutionalization of exclusivity -- Social theory and the romance of American alienation -- Theories of mass society and the advent of a new elitism -- Fads, foibles, and autopsies: unwelcome publicity for diffident sociologists -- Pseudoscience and social engineering: American sociology's public image in the fifties -- The perils of popularity: public sociology and its antagonists -- Conclusion: the legacy of the scientific identity. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>159213713X (cloth : alk. paper) 9781592137138 (cloth : alk. paper) 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA795236  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociologists--United States.<br/>Sociology--Study and teaching--United States.<br/>Sociology--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM477.U6  / H36 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.0973/09045