The moral economy of violence in the US inner city

Current Anthropology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Karandinos, George ^a   Hart, Laurie Kain ^b   Castrillo, Fernando Montero ^c   Bourgois, Philippe ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84893042447     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674613     Document Type: Article

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