Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America
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Cornell University Press, 2012.
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Barbara Jensen., & Barbara Jensen|AUTHOR. (2012). Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America . Cornell University Press.

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Barbara Jensen and Barbara Jensen|AUTHOR. Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America Cornell University Press, 2012.

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