National debates, local responses: The origins of local concern about immigration in Britain and the United States

British Journal of Political Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 499-524

  Hopkins, Daniel J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959306371     PISSN: 00071234     EISSN: 14692112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123410000414     Document Type: Review

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