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Book Title: Processual Sociology
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Name: Processual Sociology
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Social, Historiography, Sociology / General, General, Metaphysics
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.5 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science, History
Author: Andrew Abbott
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
