Dead academics: What can we learn about academic work and life from obituaries?

London Review of Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Tight, Malcolm ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academics; Disciplines; Hierarchies; Mobility; Obituaries; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649111905     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460802185045     Document Type: Article

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