Imagining The Sociological Imagination: The biographical context of a sociological classic

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-333

  Brewer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biography; C. Wright Mills; The sociological imagination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644366118     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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