Children's Developing Conceptions of Race

Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 37-54

  Hirschfeld, Lawrence A ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Medical care; Race; Social category; Young child

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649128246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269930.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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