Weapons of the (Not So) Weak: Immigrant Mass Mobilization in the US South

Critical Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 269-287

  Zepeda Millán, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

H.R. 4437; immigrant activism; Latino identity; Latinos in the South; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959342170     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920514527846     Document Type: Article

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