Mythic facts and Herbert Blumer's work on race relations: A comment on Esposito and Murphy's article

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-296

  Ulmer, Jeffery T ^a  

^a 211 Oswald Tower ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0035532836     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2001.tb00035.x     Document Type: Review

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