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Author Isaac, Joel, 1978-

Title Working knowledge : making the human sciences from Parsons to Kuhn / Joel Isaac.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (314 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: crafting knowledge in the human sciences -- The interstitial academy : Harvard and the rise of the American university -- Making a case : the Harvard Pareto circle -- What do the science-makers do? : migrations of operationism -- Radical translation : W.V. Quine and the reception of logical empiricism -- The levellers : Harvard's social scientists from World War to Cold War -- Lessons of the revolution : history, sociology, and philosophy of science -- Epilogue: the great disembedding -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Subject Harvard University -- History.
Harvard University.
History.
Harvard University -- History.
Social sciences -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Social sciences -- Study and teaching.
Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Social sciences -- Research -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Social sciences -- Research.
Universities and colleges -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- History.
Universities and colleges.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Isaac, Joel, 1978- Working knowledge. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 9780674065741 (DLC) 2011044604 (OCoLC)758383614
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