文档介绍：The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology
The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology Edited by e Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-18353-6
The Concise Encyclopedia
of Sociology
Edited by e Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan
A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication
This edition first published 2011
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