There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama: The policy and politics of American multiracialism

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 737-759

  Hochschild, Jennifer ^a   Weaver, Vesla Mae ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957782186     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592710002057     Document Type: Article

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