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Adventures of an accidental sociologist : how to explain the world without becoming a bore / Peter L. Berger.
- Title
- Adventures of an accidental sociologist : how to explain the world without becoming a bore / Peter L. Berger.
- Author
- Berger, Peter L., 1929-2017
- Publication
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HM479.B47 A3 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 264 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Berger explains not only how he became a social scientist but also the many adventures that his calling led to. It focuses on the main intellectual issues that motivated his work and the various people and situations Berger has encountered.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Balzac on Twelfth Street -- Improbable horizons -- From a clique to a failed empire -- Globe-trekking sociology -- Many gods and countless Chinese -- Politically incorrect excursions -- From Mbulwa to Gutersloh -- Conductor rather than soloist -- Playing first violin.
- ISBN
- 9781616143893 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1616143894 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011004919
- OCLC
- 679931789
- SCSB-10805724
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library