Women and minorities in economics textbooks: Are they being adequately represented?

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-191

  Robson, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic education; Gender and race issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634572     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220480109595184     Document Type: Article

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