Ethnic identity among second‐generation Iranians in the United States

Iranian Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-95

  Mahdi, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61849134404     PISSN: 00210862     EISSN: 14754819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00210869808701897     Document Type: Article

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