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100			_aSimpson, George
245		0	_aMan in society: preface to sociology and the social sciences
260			_aNew York
260			_bRandom House
260			_c1962
300			_a90p.
520			_aThis book aims to expedite the entrance into sociology and the social sciences of the beginning student or the interested layman who is without extensive preparation. It is hoped that the book will be an introductory stimulus to more detailed work. I have not sought to protect or shelter the reader from the controversies seething in the social sciences. Rather have I sought to divulge early the secrets of the trade, in the belief that intellectual curiosity is aroused through seeing men in action, in this case social scientists, afire with their allegiances, interpreting and explaining data according to their lights. If the apprentice sees living beings as well as cold facts, he should come alive himself, and in assuming some point of view find that he must conquer the method and knowledge upon which that point of view rests, as well as understand other points of view. I am not without my own point of view, and I hope I have expressed it in no uncertain terms but without being overly unjust to those who hold differing ones. Man in Society as a “preface to sociology and the social sciences” is not meant to be exhaustive, but challenging and provocative. No doubt more problems have been raised herein than have been solved, and I am sure there is a little something for everybody to disagree with. But one of my chief aims has been to communicate some of the excitement of discovering a problem and to arouse a feeling for the necessity of seeking a solution on sound methodological bases. Professors Charles H. Page and Ely Chinoy of Smith College have care- fully read the manuscript of this book. Professor Page has given help far beyond the call of official editorial duty, and Professor Chinoy has made valuable suggestions in several places. I am grateful to them.
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