Those benevolent boosters: Spatial patterns of Kiwanis membership in the United States

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Wikle, Thomas A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031295086     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873639709478327     Document Type: Article

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34. Thomas A. Wikle is Professor of Geography and serves as Head of the Department of Geography at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078-4073.