Race, the creative class, and political geographies of same sex marriage in Georgia

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-54

  Chapman, Thomas ^a   Leib, Jonathan I ^a   Webster, Gerald ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative class; Gay rights; Georgia; Marriage; Race

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MARRIAGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; RACE; STATE ROLE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248362442     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2007.0003     Document Type: Article

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