The 'immigrant problem': Modern-day nativism on the web

Current Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 827-850

  Sohoni, Deenesh ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Internet; Nativism; Restriction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749857526     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392106068453     Document Type: Article

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