"A comparative social science requires a generalized system of concepts which will enable the scientific observer to compare and contrast large bodies of concretely different social phenomena in consistent terms."
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David Aberle
David F. Aberle (November 23, 1918 – September 23, 2004) was an American anthropologist and Professor of Anthropology at the , renowned for his work with the American Southwestern culture of the Navaho.
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