George Caspar Homans (1910–1989)

Author of English Villagers of the Thirteenth Century

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About the Author

George Caspar Homans (1910-1989) was professor of sociology emeritus at Harvard University. He taught at the universities of Manchester, Cambridge, and Kent and is the author of The Human Group and Social Behavior along with numerous other works on social behavior and social theory.

Includes the names: G C Homans, George Homans, George Caspar, George C. Homans

Works by George Caspar Homans

The human group (1656) 56 copies

Nature of Social Science (Harbinger Books) (1967) 34 copies

Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms (1961) 19 copies

Sentiments and activities essays in social science (1962) 7 copies

Coming to My Senses: The Autobiography of a Sociologist (1656) 6 copies

An introduction to Pareto. His sociology (1934) 5 copies

The Witch Hael: Poems of a Lifetime (1988) 2 copies

The Frisians in East Anglia 1 copy

Social Behavior As Exchange (Reprint Series in Social Sciences) (1993) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach (1958) — Contributor — 209 copies

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Legal name: Homans, George Caspar
Other names: Homans, George C.
Birthdate: 1910-08-11
Date of death: 1989-05-29
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Education: University of Cambridge
Harvard College
Occupations: sociologist
Organizations: Harvard University

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The Human Group by George Caspar Homans

A pioneering work in the study and analysis of small group behaviour. The structure is rather repetitive, but the conceptual schema and main hypotheses of Homans are quite valuable.

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