I (don't) hate school: Revisiting oppositional culture theory of blacks' resistance to schooling

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 797-834

  Harris, Angel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 33846164073     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2007.0006     Document Type: Review

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