"Little" and "Big" pictures in our heads race, local context, and innumeracy about racial groups in the United States

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-412

  Wong, Cara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 34548755057     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfm023     Document Type: Review

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