From Aristotelian to Reaganomics - A Dictionary of Eponyms with Biographies in the Social Sciences

This reference provides a detailed listing of eponyms in the social sciences, along with entries for some toponyms. The work includes terms from a broad range of social sciences, including anthropology, economics, education, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology. The entries are arranged alphabetically. Each begins with a brief definition of the term, followed by a discussion of the term's history and significance. The entry then provides biographical information for the person from whose name the entry was derived. A brief bibliography concludes each entry, and the dictionary closes with lists of entries arranged by category and a selected bibliography of works on eponyms.

List of contents

Introduction
Eponyms in the Social Sciences
Appendix: Classification of Social Science Eponyms
Select Bibliography
Index

About the author

RICHARD C.S. TRAHAIR is Social Research Advisor and Consulting Psychologist in the School of Sociology, Politics, and Anthropology at La Trobe University-Australia. His previous books include From Aristotelian to Reaganomics: A Dictionary of Eponyms with Biographies in the Social Sciences (Greenwood, 1994).

Summary

This reference provides a detailed listing of eponyms in the social sciences, along with entries for some toponyms. A brief bibliography concludes each entry, and the dictionary closes with lists of entries arranged by category and a selected bibliography of works on eponyms.

Product details

• Authors: R. C. S. Trahair, Richard Trahair, Richard C. Trahair
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.1994
• EAN: 9780313279614
• ISBN: 978-0-313-27961-4
• No. of pages: 736
• Weight: 1162 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, Reference works, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Geography and World Cultures