'Race' gender and educational desire

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-158

  Mirza, Heidi Safia ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; GENDER; RACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745097446     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320600696623     Document Type: Article

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