Louisiana cajun ethnicity: Symbolic or structural?

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-248

  Henry, Jacques M ^a   Bankston, Carl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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EID: 0033426049     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027321799280244     Document Type: Article

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