The emergence of a social problem: Single-parent families in U.S. popular magazines and social science journals, 1900-1998

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-96

  Usdansky, Margaret L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38349192277     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2008.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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