Latin American immigrants in Indianapolis: Perceptions of prejudice and discrimination

Latino Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-120

  Menéndez Alarcón, Antonio V ^a   Novak, Katherine B ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Indiana; Latin American immigrants; Perceptions; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951472389     PISSN: 14763435     EISSN: 14763443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/lst.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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