The “race coding” of poverty in american government college textbooks

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-188

  Clawson, Rosalee A ^a   Kegler, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Race; Stereotypes; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012010081     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170050086312     Document Type: Article

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