History versus science: The evolutionary solution

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-364

  Blute, Marion ^a  

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EID: 0031496457     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3341626     Document Type: Article

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