Sometimes social theory can seem dry and intimidatingΒ β as if it is something completely apart from everyday life. But in this incisive new text, Brian Heaphy show exactly how the arguments of the great contemporary theorists play out against extended examples from real life. Introducing the ide
Social Change and Modernity
β Scribed by Hans Haferkamp, Neil J. Smelser
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 318
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Category
- Library
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