Municipal underbounding: Annexation and racial exclusion in small southern towns

Rural Sociology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-68

  Lichter, Daniel T ^a   Parisi, Domenico ^b   Grice, Steven Michael ^b   Taquino, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EID: 33947503384     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601107781147437     Document Type: Article

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