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    Hernán Vera

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    Joe R. Feagin

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Spalter-Roth, R. (2007). Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market; Employer Practices and Worker Strategies. In: Vera, H., Feagin, J.R. (eds) Handbooks of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70845-4_15

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