After graduating from Williams College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he took his PhD. in sociology from Yale in 1941. Moore then worked as a policy analyst for the U.S. government during World War II. In the 1950's he was based at Harvard's Russian research centre, also writing books concentrating on the Soviet Union at the time. In 1958 he published a book of essays on methodology and theory, entitled Political Power and Social Theory, in which he attacked the methodological outlook of 1950's social science. Whilst at Harvard, his students included comparative social scientist Theda Skocpol. Williams College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. ... Yale can refer to: Yale University, one of the United States oldest and most famous universities. ... Harvard, see Harvard (disambiguation) Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theda Skocpol is a political scientist. ...
Other works include, Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery (1972) and Injustice: the Social Basis of Obedience and Revolt (1978). Jump to: navigation, search 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
BarringtonMoore Jr., a Harvard University sociologist, died in his home in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 16, 2005, at the age of 92.
Moore had a profound impact on a generation of scholars in the social sciences, many of whom were his students at Harvard where he taught from 1951 until 1979.
Moore was an avid sailor and skier for most of his life and taught both after his retirement with the same great conviction and skill that he devoted to scholarly work and teaching.
BarringtonMoore Jr., a Harvard University sociologist, died in his home in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 16, 2005, at the age of 92.
Moore had a profound impact on a generation of scholars in the social sciences, many of whom were his students at Harvard where he taught from 1951 until 1979.
Moore was an avid sailor and skier for most of his life and taught both after his retirement with the same great conviction and skill that he devoted to scholarly work and teaching.
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