Race as civic felony

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 183, 2005, Pages 127-142

  Wacquant, Loïc ^a,b,c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for European Sociology   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RACE; SLAVE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20644459457     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8701.2005.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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