Latinos along the Platte: The Hispanic experience in central Nebraska

Great Plains Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-50

  Davis, Roger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Immigration; Meatpacking; Mexican American; Nebraska; Platte River valley; Sugar beets; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

UNITED STATES;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 0036523874     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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