Measuring the mosaic
Subtitle: an intellectual biography of John Porter
By: Rick Helmes-Hayes
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780802097033; 9780802096487
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-560) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Growing up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941; title: The army years, 1941-1946; title: The LSE Years, 1946-1949; title: Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963; title: The genesis of The vertical mosaic, 1949-1958; title: Crafting a classic, 1958-1965; title: The vertical mosaic : Canada as a flawed democracy; title: Critical response to The vertical mosaic; title: Canadian society and Canadian sociology in the 1960's and 70's; title: Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969; title: Measuring educational opportunity, 1970-1979; title: Measuring social mobility, 1970-1979; title: The shift into academic administration, 1977-1979; title: Marion Porter, John Porter's intellecual partner; title: Second thoughts : ruminations on social justice; title: Afterword : duty, service, and mission.