A Study of Rural and Native-American College Students’ Military Identities, Military Family History, and Reading Interests
By: Tara Hembrough
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v6i1.142 | Journal eISSN: 2470-4768
Language: English
Page range: 46 - 63
Submitted on: Sep 10, 2019
Accepted on: Dec 20, 2019
Published on: Jan 24, 2020
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