Free Spaces, Collective Identity, and the Persistence of U.S. White Power Activism

Social Problems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-42

  Futrell, Robert ^a   Simi, Pete ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c Durham Science Center ^*  (United States)

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EID: 1542351103     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2004.51.1.16     Document Type: Article

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