This is a highly original and in many ways brilliant text. It is a model of how historical/process sociological research ought to be conducted and written-up. The author's subtle blending of theory and data is outstanding' - Eric Dunning, Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
Wouters has written a book both broad in scope and deep in analytic reach. Exploring changes in courtship norms over the last century in English, Dutch, German and American books of manners, he discovers changes which confirm the theory of informalization. Relations between the...
This is a highly original and in many ways brilliant text. It is a model of how historical/process sociological research ought to be conducted and wri...
This is a highly original and in many ways brilliant text. It is a model of how historical/process sociological research ought to be conducted and written-up. The author's subtle blending of theory and data is outstanding' - Eric Dunning, Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
Wouters has written a book both broad in scope and deep in analytic reach. Exploring changes in courtship norms over the last century in English, Dutch, German and American books of manners, he discovers changes which confirm the theory of informalization. Relations between the...
This is a highly original and in many ways brilliant text. It is a model of how historical/process sociological research ought to be conducted and wri...
In diesem Buch geht es um auffallige Veranderungen der westlichen Umgangsformen im 20. Jahrhundert: Die Menschen gehen lockerer miteinander um und sprechen entspannter uber ihre Gefuhle. Was Ende des vorigen Jahrhunderts noch verboten war, ist jetzt oft erlaubt. Dieses Buch beschreibt, wie in den aufeinanderfolgenden Generationen immer mehr Gefuhls- und Verhaltensformen akzeptabel wurden, und fasst diese Veranderungen als einen Prozess der Informalisierung auf. Viele Gefuhle und Verhaltensweisen, die in fruheren Jahrhunderten nach und nach durch eine immer straffere Zwangsjacke aus...
In diesem Buch geht es um auffallige Veranderungen der westlichen Umgangsformen im 20. Jahrhundert: Die Menschen gehen lockerer miteinander um und spr...