The Twinning of the World: Sister Cities in Geographic and Historical Perspective

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 1-31

  Zelinsky, Wilbur ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen diplomacy; sister cities; transnationalism; twinning

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE VISIT; GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LOCAL INITIATIVE; SISTER CITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TWINNING AGREEMENT; URBAN RELATIONSHIPS;

EID: 0025998511     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1991.tb01676.x     Document Type: Article

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