Return of the nativists? California public opinion and immigration in the 1980s and 1990s

Social Science History

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-283

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EID: 2942662068     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-27-2-229     Document Type: Review

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