Riding the resource roller coaster: Understanding socioeconomic differences between mining communities

Rural Sociology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-281

  Wilson, Lisa J ^a  

^a Nexus Market Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MINING INDUSTRY; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042778447     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601104323087606     Document Type: Article

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