The one percent

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 347-367

  Keister, Lisa A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Income inequality; Social mobility; Social stratification; The one percent; Wealth inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905277344     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-070513-075314     Document Type: Review

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