White racial and ethnic identity in the United States

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2005, Pages 245-261

  McDermott, Monica ^a   Samson, Frank L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Race awareness; Racism; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644452586     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.31.041304.122322     Document Type: Review

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