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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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword / Clement, Wallace
- 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