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He is editor-in-chief of Transaction/SOCIETY. His most recent book is The Decomposition of Sociology.This article was first presented in Bielefeld, Germany, at a plenary session of the International Sociological Association 1994 meeting on “Europe Views America and America Views Europe.”
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Horowitz, I.L. Histories, futures, and manifest destiny. Society 31, 12–16 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02693256
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