Rethinking conflict and collective memory: The case of nanking

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 529-563

  Schwartz, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactual turn; Cultural analysis; Emile durkheim; Experience; Narrative; Political facts; Social facts; Thick description; William sewell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899917219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195377767.013.23     Document Type: Chapter

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