Barack Obama's "American" Problem: unhyphenated Americans in the 2008 elections

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-587

  Arbour, Brian K ^a   Teigen, Jeremy M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Ramapo College   (United States)

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EID: 79961192111     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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