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Theory, Method, and Social Reproduction in Social Science History: A Short Jeremiad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Charles Wetherell
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Let me begin with a simple theme, repentance, and a simple message: repent from complacency in the practice and defense of social science history (SSH). I say this because I do not see social science historians meeting three major challenges that must be overcome if the larger, collective enterprise is to survive with the same vitality it had a decade ago. Those challenges are, first, to bring social theory forcefully back into historical research; second, to take formal methods to a new, higher level; and, third, to seek to train the next generation of social science historians in the theory and methods they will need in the next century.

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Special Issue: What Is Social Science History?
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Social Science History , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , Winter 1999 , pp. 491 - 499
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1999 

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