Challenging American conceptions of race and ethnicity: Second generation West Indian immigrants

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 75-102

  Butterfield, Sherri Ann P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black people; Ethnic groups; Race relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444432550     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330410791028     Document Type: Article

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