August 11, 2000

Toward Sociology as a Science, Maybe

By THEODORE D. KEMPER

It was the early 1950's, the era of McCarthyism, and I wanted to write a novel about what it meant to be an American. In addition to having difficulty with plot, character, and dialogue, I concluded that I didn't really understand American society. Clearly, before I could proceed, I needed to remedy that deficit.

Having majored in English as an undergraduate, I decided to take graduate

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