"As much American as a Canadian can be": Cross-border experience and regional identity among young borderlanders in Canadian Niagara

Anthropologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 225-238

  Helleiner, Jane ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borders; Canada; Class; Identity; Niagara; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649159492     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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