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Chapter 4 - The Development of Sociology in Britain

from Part I - The Development of Sociology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2017

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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology
Core Areas in Sociology and the Development of the Discipline
 , pp. 27 - 36
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Print publication year: 2017

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