Excerpt from Sociology for Schools The Newness of the Social Sciences. While some of the social sciences, as, for example, history, are old, this group of studies has, for the most part, developed rather recently. The social emphasis upon history, and even upon the more exact sciences, is also quite recent. Some of the recent developments in the social sciences have grown out of the intensive study and increased specialization in these fields. This intensive study has in turn been motivated by the largeness of the social, ...
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Excerpt from Sociology for Schools The Newness of the Social Sciences. While some of the social sciences, as, for example, history, are old, this group of studies has, for the most part, developed rather recently. The social emphasis upon history, and even upon the more exact sciences, is also quite recent. Some of the recent developments in the social sciences have grown out of the intensive study and increased specialization in these fields. This intensive study has in turn been motivated by the largeness of the social, civic, and economic tasks which have grown up since the World War in almost every unit of government Of almost every land. After a war, we stress peace. After an epidemic of disease, we talk health and preventive measures. Likewise, following unemployment, relief, insecure old age, crime waves, nationalism, and the like, we are turn ing to the social sciences to point the way out of some of the many difficulties in which we find ourselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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