Conservative protestant congregations and racial residential segregation: Evaluating the closed community thesis in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 416-433

  Blanchard, Troy C ^a  

^a Sociology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; MORTGAGE LENDING; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RELIGION;

EID: 34250620403     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200305     Document Type: Article

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