Close Together but Worlds Apart? Residential Integration and Interethnic Friendship in Houston

City and Community

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-204

  Britton, Marcus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 79957891773     PISSN: 15356841     EISSN: 15406040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6040.2010.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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