Toward an Understanding of Asian American Interracial Marriage and Dating

Inside the American Couple: New Thinking/New Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 189-210

  Tsai, Jeanne L ^a   Przymus, Diane E ^b   Best, Jennifer L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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