摘要: I Introduction Social theory, modernity and the three waves of historical sociology Julia Adams, Elisabeth Clemens & Ann Shola Orloff II Historical epistemological underpinnings The action turn? Comparative inquiry beyond classical models conduct Richard Biernacki Overlapping territories intertwined histories: sociology's global imagination Zine Magubane unconscious American transition to post-Fordism: case George Steinmetz III State formation return repressed: Religion political Philip Gorski provision regulation: Theories states, social policies bureaucritization states: Toward an analytical Weberianism Edgar Kiser Justin Baer IV History contention Mars revealed: entry ordinary people into war among states Meyer Kestmbaum collective Roger Gould Revolutions as pathways Nader Sohrabi V Capitalism, economic realm economy: Actors, networks context Bruce Carruthers great debates: Transitions capitalisms Rebecca Jean Emigh Professions: Prodigal daughters Ming-Cheng Lo VI Politics, history identities Nations Lynette Spillman Russell Faeges trouble with citizenship Margaret Somers Ethnicity within groups Rogers Brubaker VII Afterword Logics history? Agency, multiplicity incoherence in explanation change