Hometown Networks of ^|^ldquo;Moving Elites^|^rdquo; in Modernizing Japan
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Educational Sociology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0387-3145,2185-0186
DOI: 10.11151/eds1951.78.191