Street names in Bucharest, 1990-1997: Exploring the modern historical geographies of post-socialist change

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 154-172

  Light, Duncan ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL IDENTITY; PLACE NAME; POLITICAL CHANGE;

BUCHAREST [BUCHAREST (MNC)]; BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342464886     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-7488(02)00102-0     Document Type: Article

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