Books in the The International Library of Essays in Classical Sociology series

Features several seminal essays on W E B Du Bois' contributions to sociology and critical social theory: from Du Bois as inventor of sociology of race, to Du Bois as the first sociologist of American religion; and from Du Bois as a pioneer of urban and rural sociology, to Du Bois as innovator of sociology of gender and culture.

Max Weber is a magisterial figure in the social sciences. His fundamental contributions to the methodological and conceptual apparatus of sociology remain of continuing relevance to contemporary debates, while his astonishing range and quality of work on topics ranging from the comparative sociology of religion to political sociology.