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The British Sociological Association held a conference on the theme "Sociology and History". In 1964, E.H. Carr had called for an open frontier between the disciplines. This book examines the traffic across this frontier and in particular, what might be called the sociological uses of history.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9781349207862 ● Editor Stephen Kendrick & David McCrone ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5317425 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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