The presidential campaign of Barack Obama: A critical analysis of a racially transcendent strategy

The Presidential Campaign of Barack Obama: A Critical Analysis of a Racially Transcendent Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-222

  Clayton, Dewey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203883952     Document Type: Book

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