A funny thing happened on the way to confirming oppositional culture theory

Minority Status, Oppositional Culture, and Schooling

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 298-311

  Downey, Douglas B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203931967     Document Type: Chapter

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