Research in the Social Sciences

This book consists of a series of lectures by an outstanding authority in each of the field of social sciences at the University of Virginia. The book results in a stimulus from the presentation of the organized thought about the fundamental objectives and methods of research in the particular field of specialization. The main focus of the book being on deriving an impact of the individual expert’s experience upon the several problems to be encountered by the investigators in the course of their research.

The book includes lectures by the following experts-

§ Robert Ezra Park on SOCIOLOGY
§ Allyn Abbott Young on ECONOMICS
§ Clark Wissler on ANTHROPOLOGY
§ Robert Emmet Chaddock on STATISTICS
§ Robert Sessions Woodworth on PSYCHOLOGY
§ Roscoe Pound on JURISPRUDENCE
§ Arthur Meier Schlesinger on HISTORY
§ John Dewey on PHILOSOPHY
§ Charles Austin Beard on POLITICAL SCIENCE

The editor believes that the book makes a substantial contribution towards clearing away the non-essential, and emphasizing the sound and fruitful processes in what is now perhaps the most important field of human intellectual endevour.