Explaining the social world: Historicism versus positivism

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 451-463

  Turner, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746263231     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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