Downtown, uptown, out of town: Diverging patterns of upper-class residential landscapes in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, 1885-1935

Social Science History

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 311-346

  Borchert, James ^a   Borchert, Susan ^a  

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EID: 0039484212     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-26-2-311     Document Type: Review

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