Transgression for transition?: White urban middle-class families making and managing 'against the grain' school choices

Transitions and Learning through the Lifecourse

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 32-46

  James, David ^a   Beedell, Phoebe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 77954228391     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203867617     Document Type: Chapter

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