Description: An academic webpage devoted to British sociology, with examples of papers and a blog on the history of sociology.
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Welcome on my website! My name is Baudry Rocquin, I am a sociologist and a historian and this page was created in 2006 to gather information and sources on the history of British sociology. I had then a couple of papers on the topic, one of them being my Masters' thesis which you can still find and download below. My PhD at the University of Bordeaux extended the period and focused on British sociology between 1904-2014 while my DPhil from Oxford focused on 1920-40. It's been 15+ years since it was first cr
Dr Baudry Rocquin (Associate Researcher at SAGE Strasbourg )
I am very happy to inform you that my new book has just been published (in French) at L'Harmattan Paris, on 18 November 2021. The official title is " L'invention de la sociologie et de l'anthropologie sociale (1789-1940) - Les Filles de la Révolution" which translates as " The Invention of Sociology and Social Anthropology (1789-1940) - The Daughters of Revolution ". It is 140-page long and was written during the 2020 lockdown in France. The book summary is below: " Where do sociology and anthropology ste