Preface

1. Sociology's historical imagination Theda Skocpol

2. The social and historical landscape of Marc Bloch Daniel Chirot

3. Beyond the economistic fallacy: the holistic social science of Karl Polanyi Fred Block and Margaret R. Somers

4. Configurations in history: the historical sociology of S. N. Eisenstadt Gary G. Hamilton

5. Theoretical generalization and historical particularity in the comparative sociology of Reinhard Bendix Dietrich Rueschmeyer

6. Destined pathways: the historical sociology of Perry Anderson Mary Fulbrook and Theda Skocpol

7. E. P. Thompson: understanding the process of history Ellen Kay Trimberger

8. Charles Tilly's collective action Lynn Hunt

9. The world system of Immanuel Wallerstein: sociology and politics as history Charles Ragin and Daniel Chirot

10. Discovering facts and values: the historical sociology of Barrington Moore Dennis Smith

11. Emerging agendas and recurrent strategies in historical sociology Theda Skocpol

An annotated bibliography on methods of comparative and historical sociology

Notes on the contributors.