Lives and Labours in the Emergence of Organised Social Research, 1886-1907

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ID4301149
AuthorsK Bales (0000-0003-1516-7148)
Year1996
Volume9
Issue2
Pages113-138
Publication date1996-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6443.1996.tb00180.x
OpenAlexW1996968911
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited14

Charles Booth's seventeen volume Life and Labour of the People of London has been called the first social survey. It demonstrated the techniques of organised social research, and proved an impetus to the Social Survey Movement. In spite of its key position in the emergence of empirical sociology, little attention has been paid to the organisation of Booth's research team which was to provide a template for the subsequent development of organised social research, nor to the identities of the twenty people who made up the research team. Remarkably for the time, one-quarter of the researchers were women, including the young Beatrice Webb and Clara Collet. This paper looks closely at the personalities and the organisation

Empirical research · Epistemology · Media studies · Personality psychology · Political science · Public relations · Quarter (Canadian coin · Social position · Social relation · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Data Analysis and Archiving · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology · History · Social Psychology

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