The Madding Crowd Goes to School: Myths about Crowds in Introductory Sociology Textbooks

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-153

  Schweingruber, David ^a   Wohlstein, Ronald T ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18444392082     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0503300202     Document Type: Review

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