“Juan crow” in the nuevo south? Racialization of Guatemalan and Dominican Immigrants in the Atlanta Metro Area

Du Bois Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-337

  Browne, Irene ^a   Odem, Mary ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta; Immigration; Latinos; Racial Formation; Racialization; U.S. Southeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011501217     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X1200015X     Document Type: Article

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