Download or read book Understanding Classical Sociology written by John A Hughes and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003-04-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate text. Providing a lucid examination of the pivotal theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, the authors submit that these figures have decisively shaped the discipline.