Scrutinizing the street: Poverty, morality, and the pitfalls of Urban ethnography

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1468-1532

  Wacquant, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0042354576     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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