Colorblind racism and institutional actors' explanations of Korean immigrant entrepreneurship

Critical Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-85

  Nopper, Tamara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorblind racism; Ethnic banks; Immigrant entrepreneurship; Korean immigrants; Minority business

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949118407     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920509347141     Document Type: Article

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