Toward a General Theory of Action : Theoretical Foundations for the Social Sciences, Paperback by Parsons, Talcott; Shils, Edward Albert; Smelser, Neil J. (INT); Smelser, Neil J., ISBN 0765807181, ISBN-13 9780765807182, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

Previous editions are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. . Part of the publisher's "classics" series, this is an abridged edition of a work originally published by Harvard in 1951, with an introduction by one of Parsons' former students, Neil Smelser (behavioral science, Stanford U.). The original book was written to report on the influential social relations collaborative project carried out at Harvard by Talcott Parsons (deceased, Harvard) and Edward Shills (deceased, Cambridge U., UK), among others. The chapters chosen for this edition contain the consensus statement of the project, observations on theory in the social sciences by project member Richard Sheldon, and the theoretical basis of the project. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()