The effect of cultural assimilation on the importance of family-related and nature-related recreation among Hispanic Americans

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-63

  Shaull, Sandra L ^a,b   Gramann, James H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chattahoochee Nature Center in Georgia   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Assimilation; Ethnicity; Hispanic American; Latino

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002782021     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1998.11949818     Document Type: Article

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