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190 SociologicalTheory:ClassicalStatements Chapter5 HerbertSpencer191

Burrow,J.W .Evolution andsoc iety,astudyinVictorian soc ia ltheory .Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1966(paper).Writtenbyanem inentBritishhistorian ,thishighlyreadablebooklooksatthehistoricalcontextinwhichSpencer 'sideasemerged .

Fletcher,Ronald .Themakingofsociology :Astudyinsocialtheory(Vol.1).NewYork:Scrib-ner's,1971.Fletcher'scoherent140-pagetreatmentofSpencerfocusesonthecontoursofSpencer'sconceptionofsocialevolution.Includes interestingdiscussionsofSpencer'sv iew sonmarriage, family,religion,andComte'ssociology,aswellasanumberofcriticismsofSpencer'ssociology .

Harris,Marvin .Theriseofanthropolog ical theory .NewYork:ThomasY.Crowell,1968.Thisw idelyread workcontainsalongandhigh lyunsympathetictrea tmentofSpencer'sideasandtheirsupposed implications .Bestreadw ithcautionandw ithknow ledgeofJ.D .Y.Peel'smorecomprehens iveanalysisofSpencer'slifeandthought .

Hudson,WilliamHenry.An introductiontothephilosophyofHerbertSpencer.NewYork:Haskell House,1974 [1897 ] .Inhisownday.Spencer'swritingselicitedaconsiderableamountofattentionfromtheliteratepublic.Manyone-volumesummariesofhis idea swereproduced.This isonesuchwork.Studentsmightfind itenlighteningtocomparethisearlyportrayalofSpen-cer's thoughtwithmorerecentones.

Kennedy,JamesG .HerbertSpencer.Boston :Twayne ,1973 .Kennedy'sbookisopenlyhostiletoSpencer'sthought.Hewritesinitspreface thattoday"attention tohis[Spencer's]worksmustbe likeone'sinterestinanoutmodedencyclopedia... .StudyingSpencermeansrecognizinghiserrors."Comingfromaback -groundinliterarycriticism,KennedyismostinterestingwhenhecommentsonSpencer'suseof,andv iewsabout,language ,andKennedyeven includesachapteronSpencer'sprosestyle .

Paxton,Nancy L .GeorgeEliotandHerbertSpencer:Fem inism ,evolutionism ,andthereconstruc-tion of gender.Princeton ,NJ:PrincetonUniversityPress,1992.Chronologicaldiscussionofthepersonaland intellectualrelationshipsbetwee nHerbertSpencerandMarianEvans.

Peel, J.D .Y.HerbertSpencer,theevolution ofasocio logist.New York:BasicBooks,1971.Anexcellentwork .ItclearlyanalyzesSpencer's intellectua lroo ts,soc ia lenvironment,life, ideas,and intellectualheritage .Theexpositiono fSpencer'srelationshiptomidd le-classradicalismisunsurpassed.

Stocking ,GeorgeW.,Jr.Victoriananthropology.NewYork:FreePress ,1987.Anexcellentaccountoftheintellectua lenvironment inwhichSpencerdevelopedhissocia levolutionaryideas.

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Turner,JonathanH.HerbertSpencer:Arenewed appreciation.BeverlyHills,CA:Sage,1985.Notahisorical treatmentofthedevelopmentofSpencer'sthought ,thisbookinsteadfocusesmostlyon thoseaspectsofSpencer'ssociologythatTurnerbelievesarestillofvalueformodernsociolog ists.Turne rpraisesbothSpencer 'smethodolog ica larguments(inTheStudyof Sociology)andSpencer 'sstruc tura lanalytica lviewof society,whichheclaims,canbeseparated fromSpencer'sideologica lcommitments.W iltshire,David .The social andpolitical thought ofHerbertSpencer. Oxford :OxfordUniversityPrcsS/1978,

This isawell-writtenbuth igh lycritica lana lysisofSpencer'slifeandwork.Giventooccasiona lboldassertions,Wiltshireconcen tratesonSpen cerasapolitica lactorandthinker .Thefirsthalfof thetextisgivenovertothedevelopmentofSpencer's thought;thesecondhalf focusesonSpencer'sideasandtheirsociopo litica l implications.