Is Immigration a racial issue? Anglo attitudes on immigration policies in a border county

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 593-610

  Ayers, John W ^a   Hofstetter, C Richard ^b   Schnakenberg, Keith ^c   Kolody, Bohdan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67749089452     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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