The spatial structure of urban ethnic economies

Urban Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 489-501

  Kaplan, David H ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032435055     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.19.6.489     Document Type: Article

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