Social inequality: patterns and processes
β Scribed by Marger, Martin
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 496
- Edition
- 6th edition
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Subjects
Marginality, Social;Social classes;Social structure;Equality
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