Cohort and prejudice: Whites' attitudes toward blacks, Hispanics, Jews, and Asians

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-274

  Wilson, Thomas C ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030487093     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297750     Document Type: Article

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