Branded: The economic geographies of streets named in honor of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-145

  Mitchelson, Matthew L ^a   Alderman, Derek H ^b   Popke, E Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846284526     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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