The public and private in C.Wright Mills's life and work

Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 661-677

  Brewer, John D ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Academy of Social Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy   (Ireland)

^d British Sociological Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. Wright Mills; Intellectual biography; Public private; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645521215     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505056026     Document Type: Review

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