Places of possibility: Where mixed-race partners meet

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 700-717

  Houston, Serin ^a   Wright, Richard ^b   Ellis, Mark ^a   Holloway, Steven ^c   Hudson, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Everyday; Mixed race meeting; Racial mixing

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; RACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244431991     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309132505pp578oa     Document Type: Review

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