Societal development and the shifting influence of the genome on status attainment

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-255

  Adkins, Daniel E ^a   Guo, Guang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative historical; Gene environment interaction; Macrosociology; Status attainment; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849099417     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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