Ethiopian ethos and the making of ethnic places in the Washington metropolitan area

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 21-42

  Chacko, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0042784912     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873630309478274     Document Type: Article

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