Lake Wobegon upside down: The paradox of status-devaluation

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1497-1519

  Sgourev, Stoyan V ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33645919024     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0065     Document Type: Article

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