TY - BOOK AU - Fernandez,Ronald TI - Mappers of society: the lives and legacies of great sociologists SN - 0275974359 AV - HM478 .F47 2003 U1 - 301/.092/2B 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger KW - Sociologists KW - Biography KW - Sociology KW - Philosophy KW - fast KW - Biographies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Karl Marx -- Emile Durkheim -- Max Weber -- Georg Simmel -- George Herbert Mead -- Thorstein Veblen -- Erving Goffman -- Peter L. Berger N2 - Annotation; Fernandez examines the lives and ideas of sociologists who shaped the main contours of the discipline. Weber, Marx, Durkheim, and Simmel fashioned the early ideas and approaches of sociology, and their ideas are still central to the discipline. Veblen, Mead, Goffman, and Berger added crucial conceptual approaches; they also serve to underscore the length and breadth of Sociology as a science ER -