Synopses & Reviews
This collection introduces some of the most interesting new research methods for social historians.
Synopsis
This collection of essays introduces some of the most interesting of the new research methods developed by sociologists for social historians. Topics covered include event structure analysis, words-to-numbers, network analysis, qualitative comparative analysis, fuzzy logic, and recursive regression. All essays are written by outstanding experts and address non-initiated readers.
Table of Contents
Introduction Larry Griffen and Marcel van der Linden; 1. Temporally recursive regression and social historical inquiry: an example of cross-movement militancy spillover Larry Isaac, Larry Christiansen, Jamie Miller and Tim Nickel; 2. Using event history analysis in historical research: with illustrations from a study of the passage of women's protective legislation Holly J. McCammon; 3. Spatial analysis Glenn Deane, E. M. Beck and Stewart E. Tolnay; 4. Fuzziness in multivariate classification of historical data Leonid Borodkin; 5. Narrative as data: linguistics and statistical tools for the quantitative study of historical events Roberto Franzosi; 6. The logic of qualitative analysis Charles C. Ragin; 7. Historical social network analysis Charles Wetherell; 8. Historical inference and event-structure analysis Larry J. Griffen and Robert R. Korstad.