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Within school and beyond the gate: the difficulties of being educationally successful and working-class

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Within school and beyond the gate: the difficulties of being educationally successful and working-class. / Ingram, Nicola .
In: Sociology, Vol. 45, No. 2, 04.2011, p. 287-302.

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Ingram, N 2011, 'Within school and beyond the gate: the difficulties of being educationally successful and working-class', Sociology, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 287-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038510394017

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Ingram, N. (2011). Within school and beyond the gate: the difficulties of being educationally successful and working-class. Sociology, 45(2), 287-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038510394017

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Ingram N. Within school and beyond the gate: the difficulties of being educationally successful and working-class. Sociology. 2011 Apr;45(2):287-302. doi: 10.1177/0038038510394017

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Ingram, Nicola . / Within school and beyond the gate : the difficulties of being educationally successful and working-class. In: Sociology. 2011 ; Vol. 45, No. 2. pp. 287-302.

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