Culture and microsociology: The anthill and the veldt

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 619, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-148

  Fine, Gary Alan ^a   Fields, Corey D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Culture; Emotion; Identity; Interaction; Microsociology; Small groups; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649120487     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208320138     Document Type: Review

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