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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


Adopted Children       Ils 123

Adopted Children Ils 123

1st Edition

By Alexina M McWhinnie
September 25, 2013

First published in 1967. Part of the International Library of Sociology collection, this is a study on 'Adopted Children' a volume of the Sociology of Gender and the Family subject area. A pioneering study in its time, this volume looks at how adopted children adjust as adults using a sample of 58 ...

An Approach to Urban Sociology

An Approach to Urban Sociology

1st Edition

By P.H. Mann
September 25, 2013

This is Volume I of thirteen in the Urban and Regional Sociology series. Originally published in 1965, the study aims with trying to present a sociological perspective rather than a guide to social policy. Written just before the change of government in October 1964, the purpose of this book is to ...

Apprenticeship An Enquirey into its Adequacy under Modern Conditions

Apprenticeship: An Enquirey into its Adequacy under Modern Conditions

1st Edition

By Kate Liepmann
September 25, 2013

This is Volume I of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Work and Organisation. First published in 1960, this is a study following the appointment Carr Committee, in 1956, of the and in the interest aroused by the Committee's Report Training for Skill-Recruitment and Training of young Workers ...

Chekhov & His Russia   Ils 267

Chekhov & His Russia Ils 267

1st Edition

By W.H. Bruford
September 25, 2013

This is Volume I of eight in a series on the Sociology of the Soviet Union. Originally published in 1948, the aim from the outset was to throw light both on Chekhov and on Russia, by trying to see Russia through Chekhov's eyes and to see Chekhov as the product of a particular age and country....

Creative Demobilisation Part 1

Creative Demobilisation: Part 1

1st Edition

By E.A. Gutkind
September 25, 2013

This is Volume II in a series of eighteen on Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Originally published in 1998, part one of creative demobilisation looks at the principles of national planning. The book attempts to lay down principles of planning on a national scale. It is not concerned with ...

Disaster A Psychological Essay

Disaster: A Psychological Essay

1st Edition

By Martha Wolfenstein
September 25, 2013

This is Volume II out of eighteen on a series of the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. Originally published in 1957, this study is a psychological essay and is the result of a study undertaken for the Committee on disaster Studies of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council....

English Primary Education Part Two

English Primary Education: Part Two

1st Edition

By W.A.L. Blyth
September 25, 2013

First Published in 1998. This is Volume XIII of twenty-eight in the Sociology of Education series. This is part two of a study looking at primary schools from a sociological descriptive view kickstarted by the 1963 review of primary education and its transition into secondary education, by the ...

Family Environment and Delinquency

Family Environment and Delinquency

1st Edition

By Sheldon Glueck, Eleanor Glueck
September 25, 2013

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 analysis of new disciplines, such as the ...

Handbook of Social Psychology

Handbook of Social Psychology

1st Edition

By Kimball Young
September 25, 2013

This is Volume V in of eighteen a series on the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. Originally published in 1946, this is the second edition of the book provides a handbook of Social Psychology....

Indust Injuries Insur  Ils 152

Indust Injuries Insur Ils 152

1st Edition

By A. F. Young
September 25, 2013

This is Volume III of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Work and Organisation. First published in 1964, this is a study of policy; of why and how the United Kingdom has developed financial provisions for workers injured in the course of their employment....

Lunacy, Law and Conscience, 1744-1845 The Social History of the Care of the Insane

Lunacy, Law and Conscience, 1744-1845: The Social History of the Care of the Insane

1st Edition

By Kathleen Jones
September 25, 2013

This is Volume II of seven in a collection on the Sociology of Mental Health. Originally published in 1955, this study presents the social history of the care of the insane from 1744 to 1845....

Mobility in the Labour Market Employment Changes in Battersea and Dagenham

Mobility in the Labour Market: Employment Changes in Battersea and Dagenham

1st Edition

By Margaret Jefferys
September 25, 2013

This is Volume VII of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Work and Organisation. First published in 1954, this study deals with certain aspects of the industrial mobility of adult male workers in Dagenham and in Battersea. The large national and the small local investigation are, however, ...

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