The Rise of Homans at Harvard: Pareto and the English Villagers

George C. Homans: History, Theory, and Method

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 43-62

  T Nichols, Lawrence ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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