Selling city living: Urban branding campaigns, class power and the civic good

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-280

  Gibson, Timothy A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural studies; Gentrification; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644544167     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877905055678     Document Type: Review

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