Current Sociology: Introduction

Current Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-164

  Platt, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Introductory sociology; Teaching sociology; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549084073     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107085026     Document Type: Review

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