Mobilising for pure prestige? Challenging Federal census ethnic categories in the USA (1850-1940)

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 183, 2005, Pages 89-101

  Schor, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ETHNICITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20644461893     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8701.2005.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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