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International Library of Sociology

About the Book Series

The International Library of Sociology (ILS) is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940s by Karl Mannheim, the series became the forum for pioneering research and theory, marked by comparative approaches and the identification of new directions in sociology, publishing major figures in Anglo-American and European sociology, from Durkheim and Weber to Parsons and Gouldner, and from Ossowski and Klein to Jasanoff and Walby.

Its new editors, John Holmwood (University of Nottingham, UK) and Vineeta Sinha (National University of Singapore), plan to develop the series as a truly global project, reflecting new directions and contributions outside its traditional centres, and connecting with the original aim of the series to produce sociological knowledge that addresses pressing global social problems and supports democratic debate.

340 Series Titles


Sociology Lit Taste     Ils 90

Sociology Lit Taste Ils 90

1st Edition

Edited By Levin L. Schucking
November 04, 2010

First Published in 1998. This is Volume VII of a nine volume library of Sociology on the Sociology of Culture and includes a study on the sociology of literary taste. The idea underlying the book is that the concordance of liking evoked by certain works of art, called taste, is due to something ...

Sociology of the Renaissance  Vol 9

Sociology of the Renaissance Vol 9

1st Edition

Edited By Alfred W. Von Martin
November 04, 2010

First published in 1998. This is the ninth volume of Historical Sociology and contains an extended essay on the Renaissance of Sociology which was originally written in response to write articles on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Alfred Vierkandt for his Handwortenbuch der Soziologie. As a ...

The Family and Social Change

The Family and Social Change

1st Edition

By Colin Harris, Christopher Harris
November 04, 2010

This is Volume V of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Gender and the Family. Originally published in 1965, this study looks at family and kinship in the South Wales town of Swansea which was used as a parallel to the Institute of Community Studies 1957 study in east London at Bethnal Green....

The Human Group

The Human Group

1st Edition

By George C. Homans
November 04, 2010

Published in 1998, The Human Group is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology and Social Policy....

A Chinese Village

A Chinese Village

1st Edition

Edited By Martin C. Yang
November 03, 2010

This is Volume I of six in a collection on the Sociology of East Asia. Originally published in 1948, this study looks at the village of Taitou in the Shantung Province....

Cultural Background Personality ILS 84

Cultural Background Personality ILS 84

1st Edition

Edited By Ralph Linton
November 03, 2010

First Published in 1998. This is Volume I of a nine volume library of Sociology on the Sociology of Culture and includes a study on the cultural background of personaility borne from five lectures given in 1943....

Democracy and Dictatorship Their Psychology and Patterns

Democracy and Dictatorship: Their Psychology and Patterns

1st Edition

By Zevedei Barbu
November 03, 2010

First published in 1998.This is Volume VI of eighteen on a series of Political Sociology. Written in 1956 it takes in the areas of the Psychology of Democracy, of Nazism, and of Communism....

Earthbound China A Study of the Rural Economy of Yunnan

Earthbound China: A Study of the Rural Economy of Yunnan

1st Edition

By Chih-I Chang, Hsiao Tung-Fei
November 03, 2010

This is volume III of six in a series on the Sociology of East Asia. Originally published in 1949, Study of Rural Economy in Yunnan....

Econ Dev Village India  Ils 59

Econ Dev Village India Ils 59

1st Edition

By M. R. Haswell
November 03, 2010

This is Volume XVII of eighteen in the Sociology of Development series. First published in 1967, this book focuses on the economics and of an Indian village, allowing Indian agriculture to be seen in a new dimension. This book will enable the reader to obtain a clearer and more extensive view of ...

Economics of Migration

Economics of Migration

1st Edition

By Julius Issac
November 03, 2010

First published in 1998. This is Volume III of eleven in the Economics and Society series. Written in 1947, the main object of this study is to examine the causes and effects of the great international migrations which have taken place during the last hundred years....

Economy and Society A Study in the Integration of Economic and Social Theory

Economy and Society: A Study in the Integration of Economic and Social Theory

1st Edition

By Talcot Parsons, Neil Smelser
November 03, 2010

This volume is designed as a contribution to the synthesis of theory ineconomics and sociology. We believe that the degree of separationbetween these two disciplines separation emphasized by intellectualtraditions and present institutional arrangements arbitrarily concealsa degree of intrinsic ...

History of Socialism An Historical Comparative Study of Socialism, Communism, Utopia

History of Socialism: An Historical Comparative Study of Socialism, Communism, Utopia

1st Edition

By Harry W. Laidler
November 03, 2010

This is Volume IX of eighteen in a collection on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1969, History of Socialism and presents a historical comparative study of Socialism, Communism, Trade Unionism, Cooperation, Utopianism, and other systems of reform and reconstruction....

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