The Uses of Humanistic History

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 214-222

  Porter, Theodore M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84970262004     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004839319102100205     Document Type: Article

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