West Virginia's Lost Youth: Appalachian Stereotypes and Residential Preferences

Journal of Geography

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-84

  Towers, George ^a  

^a Business Administration and Division of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian stereotypes; Cognitive mapping; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EMIGRATION; MAPPING; YOUNG POPULATION;

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

EID: 22144443166     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340508978619     Document Type: Article

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