Social Process (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Charles Horton Cooley

 
9781330297902: Social Process (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

How groups grow and influence us, from personal ties to big social forms. This book examines how life moves through people, languages, traditions, and institutions as an interconnected whole. It explains how personal and impersonal forces overlap and shape everything from families to nations, using clear, example-rich discussion.

You’ll learn how social forms develop, why some ideas and practices persist, and how collective life remains vibrant even when individuals come and go. The text introduces a practical method for studying society—the tentative process of trial and error that guides social change without needing all the answers upfront.




  • How personal ties connect to broader cultural forms like language, myths, and institutions

  • How groups adapt through interaction and selective practices

  • Why impersonal forces can be alive and influential in everyday life

  • Keys to analyzing social growth without relying on single heroes or events



Ideal for readers curious about how societies evolve, whether you’re studying sociology or simply wondering how the world gets organized.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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