Policing the borderlands: White- and Black-American newspaper perceptions of multiracial heritage and the idea of race, 1996-2006

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-127

  Thornton, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; BORDER REGION; CIVIL RIGHTS; CULTURAL HERITAGE; PERCEPTION; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 58949095914     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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