Class in construction: London building workers, dirty work and physical cultures

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-251

  Thiel, Darren ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Builders; Capital; Class bound; Hierarchy; Masculinity; Mind body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LONDON; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK;

EID: 34547353734     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2007.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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