Mexican immigrant replenishment and the continuing significance of ethnicity and race

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1527-1567

  Jiménez, Tomás R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249100537     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587151     Document Type: Article

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