The Classical Tradition: Malthus, Marx, Weber & Durkheim
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3 "I believe that what may be called classic social analysis is a definable and usable set of traditions; that its essential feature is the concern with historical social structures; and that its problems are of direct relevance to urgent public issues and insistent human troubles. "-C. Wright Mills (1959) 4 Acknowledgments I wish to thank my colleagues, particularly Drs. David Newcomb and Lillian Daughaday, two excellent sociologists and good friends. I also thank Dr. Davis Joyce and Ms. Ana Williams for their friendship and encouragement. Finally, I thank Mrs. Cassie Hughes for invaluable administrative assistance.
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