Political action and the geography of defense investment: Geographical scale and the representation of the Massachusetts Miracle

Political Geography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-185

  Miller, Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 0000635512     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(96)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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