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Book Title: The Politics Of Method In The Human Sciences: Positivism And...
Number of Pages: 632 Pages
Publication Name: Politics of Method in the Human Sciences : Positivism and Its Epistemological Others
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Subject: Methodology, Sociology / General, Movements / Rationalism
Publication Year: 2005
Item Height: 3 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 30.2 Oz
Author: George Steinmetz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Politics, History, and Culture Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
