Close encounters with the midwest: Forming identity in a bicultural context

Political Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 611-641

  Smith, Allison G ^a   Stewart, Abigail J ^a   Winter, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Context; Cultural identity; Ethnicity; Latvia

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043159146     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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