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Book Title: The Search For A Methodology Of Social Science: Durkheim, We...
Item Length: 8.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: S. Turner
Publication Name: Search for a Methodology of Social Science : Durkheim, Weber, and the Nineteenth-Century Problem of Cause, Probability, and Action
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Ser.
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.1 Oz
Number of Pages: Xv, 255 Pages
