What's being sold and to what end? A content analysis of college viewbooks

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 671-691

  Hartley, Matthew ^a   Morphew, Christopher C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 57249116244     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0025     Document Type: Article

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