Exploring the virtual South: The idea of a distinctive region on "the web"

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-45

  Alderman, Derek H ^a   Good, Daniel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION;

USA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031428313     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.1997.0011     Document Type: Article

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