Books in the International Library of Sociology series

Ths book is one of the most important to explore the formation of Islamic thought and civilisation. William Montgomery Watt made an outstanding contribution to Islamic scholarship.

No study of religious practise ancient or modern is complete without reference to work of sociologists on religious practise. Social, economic and behavioural contexts of religious activity are explored in this book.

Every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following World War Two are discused in this comprehensive study on Class, Race and Social Structure.

As women began to recieve better opportunities for employment, sociologists started looking at the effect of this on women's children and families. The volumes in this book set out to establish the social roles of groups of women.

Work from leading sociologists are included in this set which examines how social interaction moulded young people. Observation of troubled children aided them in their investigations to discover what affects the young's personalities.