The idea for this Encyclopedia of Sociology was in gestation for a
long time. Probably the notion arose when, as Sociology Advisory Editor
for Rand McNally and Company, I arranged for a series of handbooks that
were published in the 1960s and 1970s. This influential group of volumes
covered most of sociology, especially with the Handbook of Modern
Sociology (Robert E. L. Faris, 1964) as a key volume. Other titles in
the list included: Handbook of Marriage and the Family (Harold T.
Christensen, 1964); Handbook of Organizations (James G. March, 1965);
Handbook of Socialization Theory and Research (David A. Goslin, 1968);
Handbook of Personality Theory and Research (Edgar F. Borgatta &
William W. Lambert, 1968); Handbook on the Study of Social Problems
(Erwin O. Smigel, 1971); and Handbook of Criminology (Daniel Glaser,
1974). Effectively, the series functioned as an encyclopedia, especially
since there was additional related coverage already provided by the
Handbook of Social Psychology (Gardner Lindzey and Elliot Aronson,
1968). At that time Macmillan’s International Encyclopedia of the Social
Sciences (David L. Sills, ed., 1968) was also available, and a separate
encyclopedia for sociology seemed superfluous.
With time, however, as social-science research and professional
involvement grew, along with the proliferation of subfields, each of the
social and behavioral sciences and, indeed, other specialties, such as
statistics, area studies, and applied areas, developed useful encyclopedias.
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