From global cities to the lands' end: The relocation of corporate headquarters and the new company towns of rural America

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-40

  Quark, Amy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Changing class structure; Corporate headquarters; Inequality; Political and social regulation; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847296104     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-006-9053-6     Document Type: Article

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