What is Field Theory?

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Martin, John Levi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/375201     Document Type: Article

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