The public intellectual trope in the United States

American Sociologist

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 39-66

  Townsley, Eleanor ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33847080314     PISSN: 00031232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-006-1022-8     Document Type: Article

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