The Subculture of the Beats: A Sociological Revisit

Journal of American Culture

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 71-99

  van Elteren, Mel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84937186599     PISSN: 15427331     EISSN: 1542734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-734X.1999.2203_71.x     Document Type: Article

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