A change has come: Race, Politics, and the Path to the Obama Presidency

Du Bois Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Bobo, Lawrence D ^a   Dawson, Michael C ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79953875833     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X09090018     Document Type: Article

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