Robert E. Lee, 'race,' representation and redevelopment along Richmond, Virginia's Canal Walk

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 236-262

  Leib, Jonathan I ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Race'; Public memory; Reputational politics; Robert E. Lee; Symbolic landscape

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ETHNICITY; MEMORY; SYMBOLISM; URBAN RENEWAL; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; RICHMOND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144236581     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2004.0025     Document Type: Article

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