Globalization and global inequality: Assessing the impact of the rise of China and India, 1980-2005

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1478-1513

  Hung, Ho fung ^a   Kucinskas, Jaime ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955376843     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657456     Document Type: Article

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