Thinking through war: The social thought of Richard T. Ely, John R. Commons, and Edward A. Ross during the First World War

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-141

  Herzberg, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; HISTORY; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC FIGURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LEADERSHIP; PORTRAITS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 0035293819     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.1001     Document Type: Article

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