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The Present Condition of American Sociology. A Review Article

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Dennis Wrong
Dennis Wrong
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New York University
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 183 - 196
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1993

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