Theorizing Diffusion: Tarde and Sorokin Revisited

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-155

  Katz, Elihu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033436982     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271629956600112     Document Type: Article

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