Ethnicity and small business ownership: Contrasts between blacks and Chinese in Toronto

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 529-548

  Uneke, Okori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030489792     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017096103007     Document Type: Article

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