The Chicago School: A Liberal Critique of Capitalism
- ISBN-10
- 0312003846
- ISBN-13
- 9780312003845
- Category
- Capitalism
- Pages
- 245
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Author
- Dennis Smith
Description
in this important new assessment of the Chicago School, dennis Smith argues that both the strengths and weaknesses of Chicago sociology derived from tensions within and between American capitalism and American liberalism.
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