Practicing Sociology: Tacit Knowledge for the Social Scientific Craft Practicing Sociology: Tacit Knowledge for the Social Scientific Craft, edited by StarkDavid. New York: Columbia University Press, 2024. 304 pp. $35.00 paper. ISBN: 9780231214018.

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