Renowned sociologist Talcott Parsons's last major project, a masterly work that lives up to its billing as 'a general book on American society'.

Never before published, American Society is the product of Talcott Parsons' last major theoretical project. Completed just a few weeks before his death, this is Parsons' promised 'general book on American society'. It offers a systematic presentation and revision of Parson's landmark theoretical positions on modernity and the possibility of objective sociological knowledge. Even after the passage of many years, American Society imparts a remarkably provocative interpretation of US society and a creative approach to social theory.

"This book demonstrates how Parsons attempted to develop a framework applicable to concrete situations. ? [American Society] helps remind readers how Parsonian structural functional can be used to illuminate how social crisis can be overcome. Recommended." -CHOICE