How Robert M. MacIver was forgotten: Columbia and American sociology in a new light, 1929-1950

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-43

  Hałas, Elzbieta ^a  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

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ARTICLE; HISTORY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18044401050     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6696(200124)37:1<27::AID-JHBS3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Review

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