How cultural capital emerged in gilded age america: Musical purification and cross-class inclusion at the New York Philharmonic

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1743-1783

  Accominotti, Fabien ^a   Storer, Adam ^b   Khan, Shamus R ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 85048260986     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/696938     Document Type: Article

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