Sociology and American Studies: A Case Study in the Limits of Interdisciplinarity

American Sociologist

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-315

  Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

American Studies; Citation counts; Interdisciplinarity; Multidisciplinarity; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355147119     PISSN: 00031232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-011-9138-x     Document Type: Article

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