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Murray Murphey and the Possibility of Social Science History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Jerome M. Clubb
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Application of social scientific methods and approaches to the study of history has always been the subject of considerable and often acrimonious debate. In recent years, however, the terms of the debate have taken a somewhat different and, to some of us, surprising turn. Notes of pessimism and defensiveness have entered the arguments of practitioners; some feel the need to repeat the once useful polemics of twenty odd years ago; and there is talk of the intrinsic limitations of the general enterprise. At the same time, the traditionalist camp announces with a measure of glee that the tides of social scientific history are on the wane.

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Research Article
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Social Science History , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , Winter 1985 , pp. 93 - 104
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1985 

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