Mexican Americans as a paradigm for contemporary intra-group heterogeneity

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 446-466

  Alba, Richard ^a   Jiménez, Tomás R ^b   Marrow, Helen B ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

assimilation; education; heterogeneity; incorporation; Mexican Americans; racialization

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; HETEROGENEITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RACIAL IDENTITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893422322     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.786111     Document Type: Article

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