The new U.S. immigrants: How do they affect our understanding of the African American experience?

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 621, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 202-220

  Bean, Frank D ^a,b   Feliciano, Cynthia ^b,c   Lee, Jennifer ^b,c   Van Hook, Jennifer ^c,d  

^a School of Social Sciences

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies ^*

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color line; Culture; Employment; Family structure; Immigration; Poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 57949106507     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208325256     Document Type: Article

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