Measuring the mosaic: an intellectual biography of John Porter
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Main Author: Helmes-Hayes, Richard C., (Richard Charles) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] University of Toronto Press c2010 (2010)
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-560) and index
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 588 p., [8] p. of plates)
ISBN:144269873X
9780802097033
9781442698734

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