Making contact? Black-white social interaction in an urban setting

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1306-1332

  Sigelman, Lee ^a   Bledsoe, Timothy ^b   Welch, Susan ^b   Combs, Michael W ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT DETERMINANT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RACIAL INTERACTION; URBAN SOCIETY;

USA, MICHIGAN, DETROIT;

EID: 0030459020     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/230824     Document Type: Article

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