Le Play, engineer & social scientist
By: Michael Z. Brooke.
Publisher: Transaction
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Le Play, Frédéric, 1806-1882.; Sociology -- History.; Technology and civilization.
Description: This is the first full-length study and assessment of the career of Frederic Le Play (1806-1882), now recognized as a founder of modern sociology. It gives an account of his pioneering use of the methods of observation and experimentation. Le Play shows how his work was a particularly important contribution to the genesis and evolution of some principle doctrines of social research.

The main theme of Brooke's work consists of a detailed and impartial analysis of the most important feature of Le Play's thought: the relationship between society and technology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-164) and index.
Originally published: Harlow : Longmans, 1970.