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 AN ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENA OF ASSOCIATION AND OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION.

By FRANKLIN HENRY GIDDINGS, M.A.,

Professor of Sociology in Columbia University, in the City of New York.

(COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS.)

8vo. Cloth. $3.00, net.

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