How do places matter? a comparative study of chinese ethnic economies in los angeles and new york city

Urban Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 531-553

  Zhou, Yu ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032420677     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.19.6.531     Document Type: Article

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