US working-class/poverty-class divides

Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 817-834

  Adair, Vivyan C ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Poverty; Poverty class scholarship; Representation; US class; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844450024     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505058367     Document Type: Review

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