Researching Latin America: A survey of how the new generation is doing its research

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-180

  Mazurkiewicz, Orchid ^a   Potts, Claude H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36549030457     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lar.2007.0038     Document Type: Article

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