Galileo's children: Italian Americans' difficult entry into the intellectual elite

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-18

  Alba, Richard ^a   Abdel Hady, Dalia ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17244374666     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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