Committed to ethnicity, committed to America: How second-generation Indian Americans' ethnic boundaries further their Americanisation

Journal of Intercultural Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-63

  Dhingra, Pawan ^a  

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Author keywords

Ethnicity; Identity; Immigrants; Indian Americans; Second Generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549014164     PISSN: 07256868     EISSN: 14699540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07256860701759931     Document Type: Article

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