Credit Card Blues: The Middle Class and the Hidden Costs of Easy Credit

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 315-340

  Hodson, Randy ^a   Dwyer, Rachel E ^b   Neilson, Lisa A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84898026707     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tsq.12059     Document Type: Article

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