Transformation

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-351

  Zey, Mary ^a   Camp, Brande ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001167640     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1996.tb01752.x     Document Type: Article

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