Robert A. Nisbet

Prophets and Patrons: The French University and the Emergence of the Social Sciences.

Prologue: Perspectives on the Emergence of the Social Sciences Part I: Organization and Innovation in the French System of Higher Education Introduction 1. The French System of Higher Education: Basic Institutional Structures 2. Patrons and Clusters: The Informal Structure of the French University System Part II: The Institutionalization of the Social Sciences Introduction 3. Prophetic Precursors: Positivists, Le Playists, and Anthropologists 4. The Social Statisticians 5. The International Sociologists 6. The Durkheimians and the University Part III: Continuities and Discontinuities Introduction 7. French Social Science Since 1914 8. Conclusion Appendixes: Social Recruitment and Traditions of Research Appendix I. Social Characteristics and Institutional Affiliations Appendix II. Three Approaches to Research: Descriptive, Impressionistic, and Systematic Appendix III. Technical Note on Content Analysis Procedures Index