Modern sociological theory

"Classical Sociological Theory, Eighth Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought from the Enlightenment roots of theory through the early 20th century. The integration of key theories with biographical sketches of theorists and the requisite historical and intellectual context helps students to better understand the original works of classical authors as well as to compare and contrast classical theories"--

Machine generated contents note: Biographical and Autobiographical Sketches -- Preface -- Part I. Introduction to Sociological -- Chapter 1. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years -- Chapter 2. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years -- Part II: Classical Sociological Theory -- Chapter 3. Alexis de Tocqueville -- Chapter 4. August Comte -- Chapter 5. Herbert Spencer -- Chapter 6. Karl Marx -- Chapter 7. Emile Durkheim -- Chapter 8. Max Weber -- Chapter 9. Georg Simmel -- Chapter 10. Early Women Sociologists and Classical Sociological Theory, 1830-1930 -- Chapter 11. W.E.B. DuBois -- Chapter 12. Thorstein Veblen -- Chapter 13. Joseph Schumpeter -- Chapter 14. Karl Mannheim -- Chapter 15. George Herbert Mead -- Chapter 16. Alfred Schutz -- Chapter 17. Talcott Parsons -- References -- Permissions Acknowlegments -- Index -- Acknowledgments