A test of the racial contact hypothesis from a natural experiment: Baseball's all-star voting as a case*

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-66

  Hanssen, F Andrew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035285627     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0038-4941.00006     Document Type: Article

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