Housing histories and fragmented middle-class careers: The case of marginal professionals in London council housing

Housing Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-381

  Watt, Paul ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artistic and welfare professionals; Council tenants; New middle class

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HOUSING PROVISION; URBAN HOUSING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19844368665     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030500062244     Document Type: Article

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