Managing the stigma of personal bankruptcy

Sociological Focus

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-97

  Thorne, Deborah ^a   Anderson, Leon ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57149119365     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2006.10571278     Document Type: Article

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