Crossing racial lines: Geographies of mixed-race partnering and multiraciality in the United States

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-474

  Wright, Richard ^a   Houston, Serin ^a   Ellis, Mark ^b   Holloway, Steven ^c   Hudson, Margaret ^c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed race household; Mixed race partnering; Multiraciality; Race; Scale

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; MULTICULTURALISM; RACIAL IDENTITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043023374     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309132503ph444oa     Document Type: Article

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