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Reference Sources
Contemporary Sociological Thinkers and Theories by Call Number: HM447 .S44 2014ISBN: 9780754671817Publication Date: 2014-11-13
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9781119429319Publication Date: 2019-12-16
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9781119168591Publication Date: 2018-10-01
Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements by Call Number: HM881 .W553 2013ISBN: 9781405197731Publication Date: 2013-02-25
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (11 vols.) by Call Number: Reference HM425 .B53 2007ISBN: 1405124334
Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia by Call Number: Reference LC189.95 .E38 2002ISBN: 0815316151
Sociology and Contemporary Context
- Contexts MagazineContexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. It is a publication of the American Sociological Association.
- The Society PagesThe Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.