Assimilating to a white identity: The case of Arab Americans

International Migration Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 860-879

  Ajrouch, Kristine J ^a   Jamal, Amaney ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; RACIAL IDENTITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948943121     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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