Who opposes immigration? Comparing German with North American Findings

Du Bois Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-39

  Pettigrew, Thomas F ^a   Wagner, Ulrich ^b   Christ, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canada; Germany; Immigration Attitudes; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249158953     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X07070038     Document Type: Article

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