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Lewis M. Killian
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BIOGRAPHY

Faculty Associate, University of West Florida, Pensacola. Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Author of The Impossible Revolution; coauthor of Collective Behavior.

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Haiti earthquake of 2010: search and rescue
Collective behavior, the kinds of activities engaged in by sizable but loosely organized groups of people. Episodes of collective behavior tend to be quite spontaneous, resulting from an experience shared by the members of the group that engenders a sense of common interest and identity. The…
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Collective Behavior
Collective Behavior (1987)
By Ralph H. Turner, Lewis M. Killian