On the changing structure of social networks in urban China

Social Networks

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-89

  Ruan, Danching ^a   Freeman, Linton C ^a   Dai, Xinyuan ^b   Pan, Yunkang ^c   Zhang, Wenhong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

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EID: 0030675099     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(96)00292-4     Document Type: Article

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