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Toward a General Theory of Action
1951004685Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1951. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS "Eleanor Maccoby with the sincere regards of Talcott Parsons Clyde Kluckhorn S.A. Stouffer Robert R. Sears Gordon W. Allport Harry Murray" A unique Association Copy Eleanor Maccoby was a noted psychologist best known for her contributions to developmental psychology and the psychology of sex differences. The signees were a Who's Who of eminent sociologists psychologists and anthropologists. Talcott Parsons career was entwined with the development of sociology as an academic discipline at Harvard and in this book he was refining his "general theory of action". In 1931 Parsons was one of the inaugural faculty members in the Dept. of Sociology at Harvard. Gordon W. Allport is known as one of the founding figures of personality psychology and along with Harry Murray were faculty in the Psychology Dept. at Harvard. Robert R. Sears was head of the Psychology Dept. at Stanford University Samuel Stouffer a Professor of Sociology at Harvard and Clyde Kluckhorn a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard. Book is Very Good no dustjacket corner crease bottom corners last 10 pages of book and top corners title page into contents page cloth a bit rubbed. The signatures of all 6 of these gentlemen are SCARCE individually and as a group along with the Association to Eleanor Maccoby this represents a RARE and unique opportunity in the academic collecting world !. Harvard University Press Hardcover
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