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Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2013-08-07
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..