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Working with Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-Class Identity

by Daniel J. Walkowitz. 413 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Daniel J. Walkowitz

Publisher:

   University of North Carolina Press

Place of Publication:

  Chapel Hill, NC  

Publication Year:

  1999
Subjects:   Middle Class--United States, Social Workers--New York (State)--New York, Group Identity--New York (State)--New York
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