Behavioral and Social Science: 50 Years of Discovery

ISBN-10: 0309035880
ISBN-13: 9780309035880
Category: Social Science
Pages: 312
Language: English
Published: 1986-02-01
Publisher: National Academies Press
Authors: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

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In 1933, President Herbert Hoover commissioned the "Ogburn Report," a comprehensive study of social trends in the United States. Fifty years later, a symposium of noted social and behavioral scientists marked the report's anniversary with a book of their own from the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. The 10 chapters presented here relate the developments detailed in the "Ogburn Report" to modern social trends. This book discusses recent major strides in the social and behavioral sciences, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, and linguistics.

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