Reading reflexively: The 2003 Porter lecture

Journal of Historical Sociology

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages

  Curtis, Bruce ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 4043068634     PISSN: 09521909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2004.00232.x     Document Type: Review

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