Cosmopolitan environments and adolescects' gains in social studies

Sociology of Education

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-138

  Blau, Judith R ^a   Lamb, Vicki L ^a   Stearns, Elizabeth ^a   Pellerin, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035532346     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2673166     Document Type: Article

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