books.google.co.uk - This book argues that history and sociology share the same vital preoccupation: the desire to unravel the puzzle of human agency. How do large-scale social transformations occur, and what is the role of the individual in them? Phil Abrams devotes three chapters to the development of industrialism and...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Historical_sociology.html?id=-RmkWjYAszsC&q=career&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHistorical sociology