Global civilization and local cultures: A crude look at the whole

International Sociology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-319

  Schäfer, Wolf ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilization; Conceptual history; Culture; Globalization; Technoscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540113     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026858001016003004     Document Type: Article

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