Scales of struggle: economic restructuring in the US Midwest

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 496-515

  Crump, Jeff R ^a   Merrett, Christopher D ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; LABOR RELATIONS; TRADE UNION;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031757203     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00110     Document Type: Article

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