Measuring the Mosaic : An Intellectual Biography of John Porter.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Growing Up in Vancouver and London, 1921-1941 -- 2 The Army Years, 1941-1946 -- 3 The LSE Years, 1946-1949 -- 4 Canada and Carleton College, 1939-1963 -- 5 The Genesis of The Vertical Mosaic, 1949-1958 -- 6 Crafting a Classic, 1958-1965 -- 7 The Vertical Mosaic: Canada as a Flawed Democracy -- 8 Critical Response to The Vertical Mosaic -- 9 Canadian Society and Canadian Sociology in the 1960s and '70s -- 10 Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966-1969 -- 11 Measuring Educational Opportunity, 1970-1979 -- 12 Measuring Social Mobility, 1970-1979 -- 13 The Shift into Academic Administration, 1977-1979 -- 14 Marion Porter, John Porter's Intellectual Partner -- 15 Second Thoughts: Ruminations on Social Justice -- Afterword: Duty, Service, and Mission -- Notes -- Bibliography -- John Porter: Published Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Measuring the Mosaicis a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic(1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most celebrated scholars.

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