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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: University of California Press (March 16, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520060377
ISBN-13: 978-0520060371
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
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Introduction to Structural Equation Models (Studies in Population) by Otis Dudley Duncan in Back Matter
The Idea of a Social Science: And its Relation to Philosophy by Peter Winch in Back Matter
Demography of Racial and Ethnic Groups by F.D. Bean in Back Matter
Equality of Educational Opportunity (Perennial works in sociology) by James Samuel Coleman in Back Matter
Rules of Sociological Method by Emile Durkheim in Back Matter

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Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) by Peter Hedström on page 29, and page 266
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