How culture matters: Enriching our understanding of poverty

The Colors of Poverty : Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 76-102

  Lamont, Michèle ^a   Small, Mario Luis ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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