Witnesses to history: Children's views of race and the 2008 United States presidential election

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 186-210

  Patterson, Meagan M ^a   Pahlke, Erin ^b   Bigler, Rebecca S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ELECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LATINO PEOPLE; PERCEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RACE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889563754     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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