Non-Hispanics with Latin American ancestry: Assimilation, race, and identity among Latin American descendants in the US

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1547-1563

  Emeka, Amon ^a   Vallejo, Jody Agius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Ethnic identity; Hispanics; Immigrants; Latinos; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053213529     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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