a new science: the breakdown of connections and the birth of sociology

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About the Book:”What makes this book stand out is the way in which Mazlish situates sociology in the broader context of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century social thought. This is the most interesting treatment I have read of how there came to be a felt need for sociology, of how a place was created in the intellectual firmament for this new science.”–Craig Calhoun, University of North Carolina