Methods of Social Study [Hardcover]

Sidney Webb (Author), Beatrice Webb (Author), T. H. Marshall (Introduction)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521208505 | ISBN-13: 978-0521208505 | Publication Date: November 28, 1975 | Edition: 1975 reprint of the 1932 ed

In Methods of Social Study Sidney and Beatrice Webb describe in detail how they conducted their investigations into social history and institutions - from the collection, recording and classification of the data (both documentary and oral), through the processes of hypothesis and analysis, down to the preparation of the final report. The Webbs were in many respects pioneers, and what they achieved and the way in which they achieved it are of an importance that has been increasingly recognised as the passage of times gives us perspective. Their constant concern was to ensure that their work would be 'scientific'. They stress the need in scientific research for complete objectivity, to be achieved in their case by keeping their historical and sociological studies wholly separate from their political writings. Because the first drafts for the book were made by Beatrice in 1921 and the final text was written by Sidney in 1931/2, one can also see expressed here, more clearly than elsewhere, the different temperaments of the two collaborators.

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In Methods of Social Study, pioneers Sidney and Beatrice Webb describe in detail how they conducted their investigations into social history and institutions - from the collection, recording and classification of the data (both documentary and oral), through the processes of hypothesis and analysis, down to the preparation of the final report.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 348 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1975 reprint of the 1932 ed edition (November 28, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521208505
• ISBN-13: 978-0521208505
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
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