Identity and assimilation among young Ethiopian immigrants in metropolitan Washington

Geographical Review

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-506

  Chacko, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Ethiopian; Identity; Immigrant; Washington, D.C.

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RACE; URBAN SOCIETY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244256922     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2003.tb00044.x     Document Type: Article

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