Historical events and spaces of hate: Hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims in Post-9/11 America

Social Problems

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-46

  Disha, Ilir ^a   Cavendish, James C ^b   King, Ryan D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab; Hate crime; Muslim; September 11; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954519520     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2011.58.1.21     Document Type: Article

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