Celebrity status

Sociological Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-367

  Kurzman, Charles ^a   Anderson, Chelise ^a   Key, Clinton ^a   Lee, Youn Ok ^a   Moloney, Mairead ^a   Silver, Alexis ^a   Van Ryn, Maria W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 36248959885     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: 14679558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9558.2007.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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