Work, Status, and Income: Men in the American Occupational Structure since the Late Nineteenth Century

Social Science History

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-207

  Sobek, Matthew ^a  

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EID: 33749460524     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1171236     Document Type: Article

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