Constructions of whiteness: Latvian women workers in post-war Britain

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-107

  McDowell, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displaced persons; European volunteer workers; Latvia; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648979942     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629770701223593     Document Type: Article

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