When Desegregation Reduces Interracial Contact: A Class Size Paradox for Weak Ties

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1165-1186

  Feld, Scott L ^a   Carter, William C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032375098     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/231350     Document Type: Article

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