Six degrees of "who cares?"

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 991-1017

  Grannis, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77949498052     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649059     Document Type: Article

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