The reproduction of symbolic capital: Language, state, and class in Egypt

Current Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 795-816

  Haeri, Niloofar ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040796908     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/204668     Document Type: Review

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