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Peter Worsley

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January 01, 1924 in The United Kingdom

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Peter Maurice Worsley is a noted sociologist and social anthropologist from Birkenhead, UK.
He is a major figure in both anthropology and sociology, and is noted for introducing the term "Third World" into English. He not only made theoretical and ethnographic contributions, but also was regarded as a key founding member of the New Left.

Worsley started reading English at Cambridge but his studies were interrupted by World War II. He served in the British Army as an officer in Africa and India. During this time he developed his interest in anthropology. After the war he worked on mass education in Tanganyika and then went to study under Max Gluckman at the University of Manchester.

He lectured in sociology at the University of Hull and then w...more

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Average rating: 3.05 · 19 ratings · 1 review · 13 distinct works

	Trumpet Shall Sound 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Marx And Marxism 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Third World: A Vital New Force in International Affairs 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions	My rating:
	New modern sociology readings 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The New Introducing Sociology: Third Revised Edition by Peter Worsley (Editor), Frank Bechhofer, Richard Brown 1.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Introducing Sociology by Peter Worsley, D. Morgan, J. Mitchell 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970	My rating:
	The Three Worlds: Culture And World Development 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Two Blades of Grass: Rural Cooperatives in Agricultural Modernization 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Inside China 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Problems Of Modern Society; A Sociological Perspective 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: