Context and opportunity: Minorities in London and New York

Social Forces

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 485-510

  Model, Suzanne ^a   Ladipo, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts ^*

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COMPARATIVE STUDY; RACE;

EID: 0030316543     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/75.2.485     Document Type: Article

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