Rural Virginia women's small businesses: Ethnicity and linkages

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-210

  Aspaas, Helen Ruth ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Anglo American women; Rural Virginia; Small businesses

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0036870457     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2002.0027     Document Type: Article

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