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The Sage dictionary of sociology / Steve Bruce and Steven Yearley.
LIBRA HM425 .B78 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruce, Steve, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Dictionaries.
- Sociology.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 328 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE, 2006.
- Summary:
- With over 1000 entries on key concepts and theorists, The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology provides full coverage of the field, clarifying the technical use of apparently common words, explaining the fundamentals concepts, and introducing new and unfamiliar terms. A humorous, enjoyable read, this book provides authoritative, reliable definitions; accessible??digests??? of key arguments; contemporary, and appealing illustrations of points.
- This is not just another dry guide to the discipline. Engagingly written with its audience firmly in mind, it will be the definitive and chosen companion to established textbooks and teaching materials in Sociology and the Social Sciences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Delphine Okie Richardson Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0761974814
- 0761974822
- OCLC:
- 61878720
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