Measuring the Mosaic : : An Intellectual Biography of John Porter / / Rick Helmes-Hayes.
Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars. In the first biography of this important figure, Rick Helmes-Hayes provides...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Foreword / Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Growing Up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941 -- 2. The Army Years, 1941-1946 -- 3. The LSE Years, 1946-1949 -- 4. Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963 -- 5. The Genesis of The Vertical Mosaic, 1949-1958 -- 6. Crafting a Classic, 1958-1965 -- 7. The Vertical Mosaic: Canada as a Flawed Democracy -- 8. Critical Response to The Vertical Mosaic -- 9. Canadian Society and Canadian Sociology in the 1960s and '70s -- 10. Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969 -- 11. Measuring Educational Opportunity, 1970-1979 -- 12. Measuring Social Mobility, 1970-1979 -- 13. The Shift into Academic Administration, 1977-1979 -- 14. Marion Porter, John Porter's Intellectual Partner -- 15. Second Thoughts: Ruminations on Social Justice -- Afterword: Duty, Service, and Mission -- Notes -- Bibliography -- John Porter: Published Sources -- Index |
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Summary: | Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars. In the first biography of this important figure, Rick Helmes-Hayes provides a detailed account of Porter's life and an in-depth assessment of his extensive writings on class, power, educational opportunity, social mobility, and democracy.While assessing Porter's place in the historical development of Canadian social science, Helmes-Hayes also examines the economic, social, political and scholarly circumstances - including the Depression, World War II, post-war reconstruction, the baby boom, and the growth of universities - that contoured Porter's political and academic views. Using extensive archival research, correspondence, and over fifty original interviews with family, colleagues, and friends, Measuring the Mosaic stresses Porter's remarkable contributions as a scholar, academic statesman, senior administrator at Carleton University, and engaged, practical public intellectual. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781442698734 9783110667691 9783110490954 |
DOI: | 10.3138/9781442698734 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Rick Helmes-Hayes. |