Sisyphus had it Easy: Reflections of Two Decades of Teaching the Sociological Imagination

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-19

  Dandaneau, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 59349103164     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0903700102     Document Type: Review

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