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Book SynopsisThe author traces 19th-century origins of sociology in post-Revolutionary Europe, and contrasts European and American approaches to sociological data. Using the concepts of mass behavior and mass society as case studies, he suggests the continuing influence of social and political philosophies in sociology to the present day. Originally published
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*CONTENTS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. THE USES OF SOCIOLOGY, pg. 11*CHAPTER TWO. EUROPEAN THEORIES OF THE MASS AND MASS SOCIETY, pg. 27*CHAPTER THREE. EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS ON THE CROWD: THE CONCEPT OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR, pg. 47*CHAPTER FOUR. THE RISE OF AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY, pg. 73*CHAPTER FIVE. THE AMERICAN CRITIQUE OF THE THEORY OF MASS SOCIETY: RESEARCH IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS, pg. 96*CHAPTER SIX. MASS SOCIETY, MASS CULTURE, AND TOTALITARIANISM, pg. 121*CHAPTER SEVEN. SUBJECTIVITY IN SOCIAL RESEARCH, pg. 140*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 155*INDEX, pg. 159
