Selection of works by

Talcott Parsons

1954 Essays in sociological theory.  Revised edition  New York: The Free Press
1959 "The school class as social system: Some of its functions in American society."  Harvard Educational Review 29: 297-318.
1964 "Durkheim's contribution to the theory of integration of social systems."  in Essays on sociology and philosophy.   Edited by K. Wolf, 118-153.   New York: Harper and Row.  [first published in 1960]
1970 "Some problems of general theory in sociology."  in Theoretical sociology.   Edited by J. McKinney and E. Tiryakan, 27-68.  
1972 "Culture and social system revisited."  Social Science Quarterly 53: 253-266.
"The 'gift of life' and its reciprocation."  Social Research : 367-415.
1975 "Some theoretical considerations on the nature and trends of change of ethnicity."  in Ethnicity.   Edited by N. Glazer and D.P. Moynihan, 53-83.   Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press
1951 Toward a general theory of action .  New York: Harper and Row
1955 Family, socialization and interaction process.  Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press
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