'Sent Down' in China: Stratification challenged but not denied

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-219

  Qian, Zhenchao ^a   Hodson, Randy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cultural Revolution; Life course; Sent down; System shock

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955943722     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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