When race makes no difference: Marriage and the military

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 731-757

  Lundquist, Jennifer Hickes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 13544265591     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0017     Document Type: Review

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