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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


MASS MEDIA (Search for related entries in the library)

MASS MEDIA INDUSTRY (Search for related entries in the library)

MASSACHUSETTS (Search for related entries in the library)

MATERIALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Historical approach which grounds analysis in the actual conditions of people's lives, with a focus on the forces and relations of production and reproduction. Materialist approaches can be contrasted to transhistorical theories.

MATERNITY BENEFITS 

MATERNITY LEAVE 

MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY (Search for related entries in the library)

MEDICAL CARE 

MEDICAL DOCTORS 

MEDICAL INSURANCE PLANS