From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised, one chapter completely rewritten and two new chapters added. While retaining its emphasis and wealth of information about the founding figures of sociology, since they inform most subsequent work in sociological theory, it also ...
Maurice Dobb, who died in 1976, was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Reader Emeritus in Economics at the University of Cambridge. He was also a Fellow of the British Academy. In these studies, he examines what have been the leading factors in economic development in the epoch of modern capitalism. ‘Individually and taken together Mr. Dobb’s studies are a most valuable contribution to economic literature, and to the understanding of the problems of ...