Social class in public schools

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 821-840

  Hochschild, Jennifer L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATION;

EID: 0347542710     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-4537.2003.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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