Contemporary Sociology: A Quarter Century of Book Reviews

Blau, Peter et al. 1992 Symposium on Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan, “The American Occupational Structure: Reflections after Twenty-five Years.” Contemporary Sociology 21:596–668. Burawoy, Michael 1998 “Critical sociology: A dialogue between two sciences.” Contemporary Sociology 27:12–20. Calhoun, Craig and Kenneth C. Land 1989 Editors' Introduction to Symposium on Neil J. Smelser (ed.), Handbook of Sociology Contemporary Sociology 18:475–477. Clawson, Dan 1996a “Taking postmodernism—seriously?” Contemporary Sociology 25(1):ix. 1996b “Getting reviewed.” Contemporary Sociology 25(2):ix. Cole, Jonathan 1994 “Why Sociology doesn't make progress like the natural sciences.” Forum 9:133–154. Collins, Randall 1992 Review of Joseph A. Schumpeter, The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism. Contemporary Sociology 21:171–175. Collins, Randall and Samuel Bowles 1995 Review of Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedeberg (eds.), The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Contemporary Sociology 24:300–307. Coser, Lewis 1985 Review of George Caspar Homans, Coming to My Senses: The Autobiography of a Sociologist. Contemporary Sociology 14:429–432. Ellis, Carolyn 1998 Review of Norman K. Denzin, Interpretive Ethnography: Ethnographic Practices in the Twenty-first Century. Contemporary Sociology 27:422–424. Fernandez, Roberto 1993 Review of Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton, American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass. Contemporary Sociology 22:365–366. Glenn, Norval 1978 “On the misuse of book reviews.” Contemporary Sociology 7:254–255. Gross, John 1969 The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters. London: Morrison and Gibb. Heydebrand, Wolf 1972 Review of Talcott Parsons, The System of Modern Societies. Contemporary Sociology 1:387–395. Hirsch, Walter and Ronald T. Potter-Efron 1980 “Book reviews and the status of authors and reviewers.” Contemporary Sociology 9:520–522. Kane, Anne E. 1995 Review of Donald Levine, Visions of the Sociological Tradition. Contemporary Sociology 25:325–328. Kernan, Alvin 1989 Samuel Johnson and the impact of Print. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Lindholm-Romantschuk, Ylva 1998 Scholarly Book Reviewing in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Lipset, Seymour Martin 1994 “The state of American sociology.” Forum 9:179–198. Peterson, Richard A. ed. 1989 Symposium, “The many facets of culture.” Contemporary Sociology 19:498–523. Rossi, Peter H. 1990 Review of Edgar F. Borgatta and Karen S. Cook (eds.), The Future of Sociology. Contemporary Sociology 19:623–624. Smelser, Neil J. 1990 Review of James S. Coleman, Foundations of Social Theory. Contemporary Sociology 19:783–788. Snizek, William E. and E. R. Fuhrman 1979 “The evaluative content of book reviews in the American Journal of Sociology, Contemporary Sociology and Social Forces.” Contemporary Sociology 8:339–340. Sprey, Jetse 1972 Review of Lester A. Kirkendall and Robert (eds.), The New Sexual Revolution. Contemporary Sociology 1:56–57. Tilly, Charles J. 1993 Review of Harrison C. White, Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action. Contemporary Sociology 22:307–309. Van den Berg, Axel 1996 Essay Review of sixteen books dealing with postmodernism. Contemporary Sociology 25:19–25. Wolfe, Alan 1993 “The solemn responsibilities of book reviewing.” The Chronicle of Higher Education April 24 (1998):B-4–5.