Home schooling as a social movement: Identifying the determinants of homeschoolers' perceptions

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-305

  Collom, Ed ^a   Mitchell, Douglas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 25444447429     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027321790518807     Document Type: Review

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