Mexican assimilation: A Temporal and Spatial Reorientation

Du Bois Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-354

  Jiménez, Tomás R ^a   Fitzgerald, David ^a  

^a à San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Dissimilation; Ethnicity; Immigration; Mexicans; Mexico; Replenishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249154267     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X07070191     Document Type: Article

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