A test for geographers: The geography of educational achievement in Toronto and Hamilton, 1997

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 210-227

  Harris, Richard ^a   Mercier, Michael ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Hamilton; Social geography; Toronto

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN SOCIETY;

CANADA; HAMILTON; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 0034462193     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2000.tb00705.x     Document Type: Article

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