Sociological self-images : a collective portrait / Ed. by Irving Louis Horowitz.

Notes p. 251-252; references p. 252-255

Contents: A life of synthesis, by G. C. Homans.--Reflections on my work, by W. F. Whyte.--Mind, methodology, and macrosociology, by I. L. Horowitz.--Intellectual journey, by L. Gross.--The sociologist as naturalist, by L. Rainwater.--Personal remarks on sociological research in the third world, by C. Moskos, Jr.--A natural history of one sociological career, by J. F. Short, Jr.--Social analysis and social action, by A. Etzioni.--From socialism to sociology, by S. M. Lipset.--Elements of a sociological self-image, by J. Berger.--Sociology as an idea system, by R. A. Nisbet.--Ego, energy, and the education of a sociologist, by R. W. Mack.--Teachers, students, and ideas: a personal account, by W. Bell.