Classical sociological theory : rediscovering the promise of sociology /
Glenn A. Goodwin, Joseph A. Scimecca
- Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006
- xix, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
[This book] reflects sixty-plus years of experience teaching required undergraduate and graduate courses on classical sociological theory. It is a subject matter that both [authors] continue to feel passionately about, and one that [they] feel currently lakcs a text that can both create a similar passion for classical theory in students and present the substantive ideas of the founding men and women of sociology.... [This] text overcomes these limitations. -Pref.