Generational memory and the critical period: Evidence for national and world events

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-31

  Schuman, Howard ^a   Corning, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84858172355     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfr037     Document Type: Article

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