Social fields, subfields and social spaces at the scale of empires: explaining the colonial state and colonial sociology

Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 98-123

  Steinmetz, George ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bourdieu; British sociology; colonies; empires; field theory; French sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012836662     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2059-7932.12004     Document Type: Article

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