An edition of Toward a general theory of action (1954)

Toward a general theory of action

1st Harper Torchbook ed.

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Harper & Row
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English
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506

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Subjects

Functionalism (Social sciences), Social systems, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, General, Regional Studies, Sociology
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Cover of: Toward a General Theory of Action
Toward a General Theory of Action: Theoretical Foundations for the Social Sciences (Social Science Classics Series)
April 2, 2001, Transaction Publishers
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Toward a general theory of action
1962, Harper & Row
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Toward a general theory of action
1954, Harvard University Press
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Table of Contents

Some fundamental categories of the theory of action : a general statement / Talcott Parsons, Edward A Shils, Gordon W. Allport, Clyde Kluckhohn, Henry A. Murray, Robert R. Sears, Richard C. Sheldon, Samuel A. Stouffer, Edward C. Tolman
Some observations on theory in the social sciences / Richard C. Sheldon
PART 2 Values, Motives, and Systems of Action
Categories of the orientation and organization of action / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]
Personality as a system of action / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]
Systems of value-orientation / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]
The social system / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]
A psychological model / Edward C. Tolman
Prejudice : a problem in psychological and social causation / Gordon W. Allport
Values and value-orientations in the theory of action / Clyde Kluckhorn
Toward a classification of interaction / Henry A. Murray
Social behavior and personality development / Robert R. Sears
An empirical study of technical problems in analysis of role obligation / Samuel A. Stouffer.

Edition Notes

Subtitle on cover: Theoretical foundations for the social sciences.

Originally published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1951.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors: Edward C. Tolman et al.

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New York
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Harper torchbooks -- TB 1083, Human Relations Collection

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Dewey Decimal Class
301
Library of Congress
HM484 .T68 1962

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xi, 506 p.
Number of pages
506

Edition Identifiers

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OL53572806M
OCLC/WorldCat
8250900

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OL20979006W

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