The socioeconomic assimilation of Caribbean American blacks

Social Forces

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 911-930

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE; SOCIO ECONOMIC ASSIMILATION;

USA;

EID: 0029799997     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/74.3.911     Document Type: Article

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