Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-350) and index.
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Introduction: sociology as history -- The transition to industrialism: anomie -- The transition to industrialism: class formation and class struggle -- The transition to industrialism: rationalisation -- The problem of tendency: functional historical sociology and the convergence thesis -- The problem of design: the formation of states explaining events: a problem of method the historical sociology of individuals: identity and the problem of generations -- The historical sociology of individuals: monsters and heroes: careers and contingencies -- Theory, questions and some limits of historical sociology.