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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Americans--Attitudes"”.
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Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy in the United States: A Structural Approach
… research question: What factors influence Americans' attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy? The major weakness of prior research in addressing this question is its failure to recognize that Americans' attitudes are not static across the United States. Immigrants settle and …
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Barriers Limiting Access to Hospice Care for Elderly African Americans in Amarillo, Texas
… access to hospice care for elderly African Americans. Ethnic background plays a critical role in the development of attitudes, beliefs and expectations related to death and issues surrounding hospice care. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers that may limit access to hospice …
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Measuring and Understanding Public Opinion on Human Evolution
… generated controversy in American society, but Americans’ attitudes about human evolution are often neglected in studies of “culture wars” and the nature of mass belief systems more generally (Berkman and Plutzer 2010; Freeland and Houston 2009). Gallup and other survey organizations have polled …
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African Americans' perspectives on racial solidarity
… on racial solidarity among one group of African Americans. The perspectives gained in this study aid in understanding the existence, origin, and views toward the concept. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with individuals from two generational cohorts: ages 18 to 30 (post-Civil …
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Representing the Invisible: The American Perceptions of Colonial Korea, 1910-1945
… relations began in the late nineteenth century, Americans observers typically regarded Korea as an uncivilized but distinct Asian country. This perception of backwardness persisted into the early twentieth century, even as Korea lost its status as a nation-state with the Japanese annexation of …
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Up close and personal : Examining the role race plays in public perceptions of law enforcement
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