Smelser, Neil J., and Richard Swedberg (eds.). The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005 (second edition).

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"The 31 articles which make up the Handbook are, without exception, of superb quality, expressing scholarship at its best. . . . The book's range of topics, authoritative articles, and summary of past accomplishments and contemporary research certainly will serve for many years as the crystallizing nucleus of the reincarnated field of economic sociology."
--Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

"[O]ne difference between economists and sociologists is in the questions asked. For example, if jobs were relatively homogenous, the economist would . . . only be concerned about the total number and the wage level. The sociologist might well be interested in the non-economic explanation of who goes to which job. But . . . it is clear that the social aspects can affect outcomes that even the economist is interested in. Anyone wishing to study these important matters will have to start with The Handbook of Economic Sociology."
--Times Literary Supplement

"[T]here is a great deal of interesting research and theoretical reflection going on under the rubric of economic sociology, and the Handbook is certainly the best available guide to this."
--Review of International Political Economy

"[This book] confirms the impression that economic sociology is rapidly becoming a powerful force in academic life. . . . It can be strongly recommended for the intrinsic interest of its subject matter and for the individual merit of most of its contributions. . . . Mainstream economists now have some serious competition to face."
--Journal of Economic History