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McEneaney, L.H., Meyer, J.W. (2000). The Content of the Curriculum. In: Hallinan, M.T. (eds) Handbook of the Sociology of Education. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36424-2_9
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