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Part V - Social Structure and the Organization of Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2017

Kathleen Odell Korgen
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology
Core Areas in Sociology and the Development of the Discipline
, pp. 205 - 214
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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