Place, activism, and development politics in the Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-49

  Larsen, Soren C ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLITICS; SENSE OF PLACE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244295653     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873630409478246     Document Type: Article

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