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The concise encyclopedia of sociology

Author: George Ritzer; J Michael Ryan
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume.: Contains over 800 entries from the whole breadth of the discipline; Distilled from the highly regarded Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, with entries completely revised and updated to provide succinct and up-to-date coverage of the fundamental topics; Global in scope, both in terms of topics and  Read more...
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Concise encyclopedia of sociology.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2011
(DLC) 2010036832
(OCoLC)663773385
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: George Ritzer; J Michael Ryan
ISBN: 9781444392630 1444392638 9781444392654 1444392654 9781444392647 1444392646 1282914251 9781282914254
OCLC Number: 701327736
Description: 1 online resource (lii, 726 pages)
Contents: Front Matter --
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Index.
Responsibility: edited by George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan.

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The most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume, The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology brings together several hundred of the most accomplished sociologists in the  Read more...

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