Knowledge, identity and the middle class: From collective to individualised class formation?

Sociological Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 653-686

  Martin, Bill ^a  

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EID: 0004822247     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.00135     Document Type: Review

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