| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 588 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-560) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Growing up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941 -- The army years, 1941-1946 -- The LSE Years, 1946-1949 -- Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963 -- The genesis of The vertical mosaic, 1949-1958 -- Crafting a classic, 1958-1965 -- The vertical mosaic : Canada as a flawed democracy -- Critical response to The vertical mosaic -- Canadian society and Canadian sociology in the 1960's and 70's -- Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969 -- Measuring educational opportunity, 1970-1979 -- Measuring social mobility, 1970-1979 -- The shift into academic administration, 1977-1979 -- Marion Porter, John Porter's intellectual partner -- Second thoughts : ruminations on social justice -- Afterword : duty, service, and mission. |
| Summary |
Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Porter, John, 1921-1979.
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Porter, John, 1921-1979. |
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Porter, John, 1921-1979. Vertical mosaic.
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Porter, John, 1921-1979. |
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Sociology -- Canada.
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Sociology. |
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Canada. |
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Sociologists -- Canada -- Biography.
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Sociologists. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Ottawa (Ont.) -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780802097033 |
| ISBN |
9781442698734 (electronic book) |
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144269873X (electronic book) |
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9780802097033 (bound) |
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