The transnational ethnic activism of Vojvodina Hungarians

Nationalities Papers

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-640

  Hagan, Margaret Darin ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC MINORITY;

EID: 70349805340     PISSN: 00905992     EISSN: 14653923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00905990903122867     Document Type: Article

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