Pragmatic thinking about self, society, and natural environment: Mead, carson, and beyond

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-258

  Weigert, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 48349128912     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2008.31.3.235     Document Type: Article

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