'Race' space, and power: the survival strategies of working poor women

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 595-621

  Gilbert, Melissa R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; MOBILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WORCESTER;

EID: 0032433753     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00114     Document Type: Article

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