Integrating "the real world" into introduction to sociology: Making sociological concepts real

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 346-363

  Misra, Joya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0034340762     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318584     Document Type: Article

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