Immigration and America's black population

Population Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Kent, Mary Mederios ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349111091     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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