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  1. Department of Sociology in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada

    Dorothy E. Smith

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This paper was originally presented by invitation at the Department of Sociology of the University of California, at Santa Barbara during May 1977. I am very much indebted to the Department for the opportunity to develop this work and discuss it with them. I should like also to make special acknowledgement of the advice and encouragement of Tom Wilson and Don Zimmerman. The research on which this work is based was funded by Canada Council Grant Number S73-1457.

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Smith, D.E. On sociological description: A method from Marx. Hum Stud 4, 313–337 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02127465

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