Secessionist automobility: Racism, anti-urbanism, and the politics of automobility in Atlanta, Georgia

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-307

  Henderson, Jason ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RACISM; SECESSIONISM; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745594659     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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