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Sociological amnesia: The noncumulation of normal social science

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  1. Department of Sociology, Columbia University, 10027, New York, New York

    Herbert J. Gans

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Gans, H.J. Sociological amnesia: The noncumulation of normal social science. Sociol Forum 7, 701–710 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01112323

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