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1、THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFSCIENCEvolume7TheModernSocialSciencesVolume7ofTheCambridgeHistoryofScienceprovidesahistoryofthecon-cepts,practices,institutions,andideologiesofthesocialsciences(includingbehavioralandeconomicsciences)sincetheeighteenthcentury.Theauthorsofferoriginal,syntheticaccountsofthe
2、historicaldevelopmentofsocialknowledge,includingitsphilosophicalassumptions,itssocialandintellectualorganization,anditsrelationstoscience,medicine,politics,bureaucracy,religion,andtheprofessions.The43chaptersincludeinquiriesintothegenresandtraditionsthatformedsocialscience,thecareersofthemain
3、socialdisciplines(psychology,economics,sociology,anthropology,politicalscience,geography,history,andstatistics),andinternationalessaysonsocialscienceinEasternEurope,Asia,Africa,andLatinAmerica.Thevolumealsofeaturesessaysexaminingtheinvolvementofthesocialsciencesingov-ernment,business,educatio
4、n,culture,andsocialpolicy.Thisisabroadculturalhistoryofsocialsciencethatanalyzestheparticipationofthesocialdisciplinesinthemakingofthemodernworld.Thecontributors,worldleadersintheirrespectivespecialities,engagewithcurrenthistoriographicalandmethodologicalcontroversiesandstakeoutpositionsofthe
5、irown.TheodoreM.PorterisProfessoroftheHistoryofScienceintheDepartmentofHistoryattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.HeistheauthorofTheRiseofStatisticalThinking,1820–1900(1986)andTrustinNumbers:ThePursuitofObjectivityinScienceandPublicLife(1995)andcoauthorofTheEmpireofChance:HowProbabilityCha
6、ngedScienceandEverydayLife(1989).DorothyRossistheArthurO.LovejoyProfessorofHistoryatJohnsHopkinsUniversity.SheistheauthorofG.StanleyHall:ThePsychologistasProphet(1972)andTheOriginsofAmericanSocialScience(1991)andeditorofModernistImpulsesintheHumanSciences,1870–1930(1994).CambridgeHistoriesOnl
7、ine©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFSCIENCEGeneraleditorsDavidC.LindbergandRonaldL.Numbersvolume1:AncientScienceEditedbyAlexanderJonesvolume2:MedievalScienceEditedbyDavid
