To restructure or not to restructure: Contemplations on postwar industrial geography in the U.S. South

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-192

  Johnson, Merrill L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; MANUFACTURING;

USA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031429010     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.1997.0003     Document Type: Article

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