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Theory of Culture by Richard Muench, Neil J. Smelser

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Theory of Culture
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Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0520075994
ISBN-13: 9780520075993
Number of pages: 410

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With the increasing focus on the concept of culture by sociologists and other social scientists, there is now a need for clarifying and developing theoretical perspectives on this issue. The contributors to this volume have answered this call, each adding new insight to the debate over culture, its definition, and its relationship with other basic categories in sociological theory.

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