Latinos in the USA: Changing socio-economic patterns

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-167

  Zavella, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Latinos; Occupational segregation; Racism; Socio economic inequality; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141985496     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360020010176     Document Type: Article

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