ISBN:
144269873X
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9780802097033
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9781442698734
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 588 p., [8] p. of plates)
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Porter, John / 1921-1979
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Porter, John
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Porter, John
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Porter, John
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Geschichte 1940-1980
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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Sociology
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Sociologists Biography
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Soziologie
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Kanada
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Kanada
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Biografie
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Kanada
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Soziologie
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Geschichte 1940-1980
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Porter, John 1921-1979
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-560) and index
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Introduction -- Growing up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941 -- The army years, 1941-1946 -- The LSE Years, 1946-1949 -- Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963 -- The genesis of The vertical mosaic, 1949-1958 -- Crafting a classic, 1958-1965 -- The vertical mosaic : Canada as a flawed democracy -- Critical response to The vertical mosaic -- Canadian society and Canadian sociology in the 1960's and 70's -- Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969 -- Measuring educational opportunity, 1970-1979 -- Measuring social mobility, 1970-1979 -- The shift into academic administration, 1977-1979 -- Marion Porter, John Porter's intellectual partner -- Second thoughts : ruminations on social justice -- Afterword : duty, service, and mission
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Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars
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