Robert Leroux is Professor of Sociology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of, among other publications, History and Sociology in France (2018), The Foundations of Industrialism (2016), and Political Economy and Liberalism in France (2012).
Introduction
Chapter 1: Context and General Ideas of the Book
Chapter 2: The Necessity of History
Chapter 3: Epistemological Issues
Chapter 4: Action, Rationalism, and Social Change
Chapter 5: The Study of the Social Milieu
Conclusion