Three-block fathers: Spatial perceptions and kin-work in low-income African American neighborhoods

Social Problems

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 528-548

  Roy, Kevin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8644220662     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2004.51.4.528     Document Type: Article

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