Embeddedness: Socialising the “social” construction of ethnicity

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 34-55

  Chung, Ed ^a   Fischer, Eileen ^b  

^a ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Ethnic groups; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974988     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443339910788622     Document Type: Review

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