Getting ahead: Social Mobility among the Urban Poor

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 157-182

  Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84970352389     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15333867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389318     Document Type: Article

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