Can't buy me whiteness: New Lessons from the Titanic on Race, Ethnicity, and Health

Du Bois Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-47

  Pearson, Jay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health Disparities; Identity; Race; Social Inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849119867     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X0808003X     Document Type: Article

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