First generation Iranian immigrants and the question of cultural identity: The case of Iowa

International Migration Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 612-627

  Chaichian, Mohammad A ^a  

^a MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ASSIMILATION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; IRANIAN IMMIGRANTS;

USA, IOWA;

EID: 0031404294     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547288     Document Type: Article

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