Transforming sociology through textbooks: Making the discipline more inclusive

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-116

  Zinn, Maxine Baca ^a   Eitzen, D Stanley ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0030553398     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318907     Document Type: Article

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