The children of hobbes: Education, family structure and the problem of social order

Sociological Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-281

  Bankston, Carl L ^a   Eddie Palmer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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EID: 85010496198     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1998.10571106     Document Type: Article

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