This biographical dictionary brings together 190 men and women past and present, who have made or are making significant contributions in the field of sociology. Each entry includes a short biography highlighting a sociologist’s personal background, a detailed analysis of the theories or approaches that person contributed to his or her individual field, and a selective list of the subject’s books, articles, or other professional literature. A detailed timeline guides readers to entries from 1332 to 2003, listing each sociologist’s date of birth, full name, and primary field of study.

Counselor and counseling tutor William Stewart has been writing for more than 40 years. He has published many counseling and self-help books as well as Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists and Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present with McFarland. He lives in Eastleigh, Hants, England.

William Stewart
Format: hardcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 199
Bibliographic Info: bibliographies, index
Copyright Date: 2008
pISBN: 978-0-7864-3328-5
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5111-1
Imprint: McFarland

Preface      1

THE SOCIOLOGISTS      3

Timeline      185
Index      189

“well written and organized…recommended”—ARBA.