A River Runs through Us

American Anthropologist

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 409-431

  Williams, Brett ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Political ecology; Poverty; Race; Urban history

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035602644     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2001.103.2.409     Document Type: Article

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