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Social Theories of History and Histories of Social Theory

Social Theories of History and Histories of Social Theory

Harry F. Dahms

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Emerald Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2013
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Sociedad y cultura: general
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9781783502189

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Representing a range of approaches and emphases, the chapters in this volume address and illustrate linkages between social theory and history; social theory and historical analysis as mutually supportive frames of analysis, and affinities between the history of social thought and the history of modern societies.

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