James A. Schellenberg is professor emeritus of sociology, Indiana State University.
Preface
vii
Part 1: Introduction
1. The Coming of Social Science
3
2. The Three Bases of Social Science
17
Part 2: Discoverers
3. Louis and Mary Leakey and the Dawn of Humanity
25
4. Margaret Mead and the Varieties of Human Culture
35
5. B.F. Skinner and the Principles of Operant Behavior
49
Part 3: Theorists
6. John Dewey and the Social Logic of Inquiry
63
7. Talcott Parsons and the Synthesis of Social Theory
75
8. Kenneth Boulding: Economist Without Boundaries
87
Part 4: Reformers
9. Gunner and Alva Myrdal: Social Science as Social Engineering
99
10. C. Wright Mills: The Social Scientist as Rebel
115
11. Daniel Patrick Moynihan: The Social Scientist as Politician
127
Part 5: Conclusions
12. Masters of Social Science
147
Notes
159
Bibliography
167
Index
173
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