Table of Contents

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.