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‘That black boy’s different class!’: a historical sociology of the black middle-classes, boundary-work and local football in the British East-Midlands c.1970−2010

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Pages 153-172 | Received 20 Jul 2018, Accepted 22 Feb 2019, Published online: 14 Mar 2019

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